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| author | Dan Gudmundsson <[email protected]> | 2015-04-28 14:37:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Dan Gudmundsson <[email protected]> | 2015-04-30 13:06:58 +0200 |
| commit | 401bf07f5908137cde206f2f755af83c9a7ff71e (patch) | |
| tree | 2771a5b1bc341b13458209b66a16c51f5c0bdc04 /lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml | |
| parent | 95aff702b5e4b21ec277b1e0125f639ce30f997a (diff) | |
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stdlib: Document and add normal distributed random value function
It is needed in various tests. It uses the Ziggurat algorithm, which
is the fastest that I know.
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml index 2cc621ffc3..e475cda23d 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ <p>It should be noted that this random number generator is not cryptographically strong. If a strong cryptographic random number generator is needed for example <c>crypto:rand_bytes/1</c> could be used instead.</p> + <note><p>The new and improved <seealso + marker="stdlib:rand">rand</seealso> module should be used + instead of this module.</p></note> </description> <datatypes> <datatype> |