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authorLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2011-05-18 16:21:34 +0200
committerLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2011-05-18 16:21:34 +0200
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Merge branch 'dev' of super:otp into dev
* 'dev' of super:otp: (166 commits) Corrected documentation error and added examples to Users Guide In TLS 1.1, failure to properly close a connection no longer requires that a session not be resumed. This is a change from TLS 1.0 to conform with widespread implementation practice. Erlang ssl will now in TLS 1.0 conform to the widespread implementation practice instead of the specification to avoid performance issues. Add escript to bootstrap/bin Remove unused variable warning in inet_res Remove unused variable in epmd_port Remove compiler warnings in inet_drv Add SASL test suite Allow same module name in multiple applications if explicitely excluded Fix bugs concerning the option report_missing_types Fix default encoding in SAX parser. re: remove gratuitous "it " in manpage Spelling in (backward *compatibility*) comment. Improve erl_docgen's support for Dialyzer specs and types dialyzer warning on mnesia_tm Add documentation text about majority checking add mnesia_majority_test suite where_to_wlock optimization + change_table_majority/2 bug in mnesia_tm:needs_majority/2 optimize sticky_lock maj. check check majority for sticky locks ...
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml')
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml50
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml
index dcc6d756e1..93affc3191 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -49,9 +49,15 @@
strong. If a strong cryptographic random number generator is needed for
example <c>crypto:rand_bytes/1</c> could be used instead.</p>
</description>
+ <datatypes>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="ran"/>
+ <desc><p>The state.</p></desc>
+ </datatype>
+ </datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>seed() -> ran()</name>
+ <name name="seed" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Seeds random number generation with default values</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Seeds random number generation with default (fixed) values
@@ -59,11 +65,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>seed(A1, A2, A3) -> undefined | ran()</name>
+ <name name="seed" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Seeds random number generator</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>A1 = A2 = A3 = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Seeds random number generation with integer values in the process
dictionary, and returns the old state.</p>
@@ -76,26 +79,23 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>seed({A1, A2, A3}) -> undefined | ran()</name>
+ <name name="seed" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Seeds random number generator</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>A1 = A2 = A3 = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>
- <c>seed({A1, A2, A3})</c> is equivalent to <c>seed(A1, A2, A3)</c>.
+ <c>seed({<anno>A1</anno>, <anno>A2</anno>, <anno>A3</anno>})</c> is equivalent to <c>seed(<anno>A1</anno>, <anno>A2</anno>, <anno>A3</anno>)</c>.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>seed0() -> ran()</name>
+ <name name="seed0" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return default state for random number generation</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the default state.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>uniform()-> float()</name>
+ <name name="uniform" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return a random float</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a random float uniformly distributed between <c>0.0</c>
@@ -103,39 +103,29 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>uniform(N) -> integer()</name>
+ <name name="uniform" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return a random integer</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>N = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Given an integer <c>N >= 1</c>, <c>uniform/1</c> returns a
+ <p>Given an integer <c><anno>N</anno> >= 1</c>, <c>uniform/1</c> returns a
random integer uniformly distributed between <c>1</c> and
- <c>N</c>, updating the state in the process dictionary.</p>
+ <c><anno>N</anno></c>, updating the state in the process dictionary.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>uniform_s(State0) -> {float(), State1}</name>
+ <name name="uniform_s" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return a random float</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>State0 = State1 = ran()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Given a state, <c>uniform_s/1</c>returns a random float uniformly
distributed between <c>0.0</c> and <c>1.0</c>, and a new state.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>uniform_s(N, State0) -> {integer(), State1}</name>
+ <name name="uniform_s" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Return a random integer</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>N = integer()</v>
- <v>State0 = State1 = ran()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Given an integer <c>N >= 1</c> and a state, <c>uniform_s/2</c>
+ <p>Given an integer <c><anno>N</anno> >= 1</c> and a state, <c>uniform_s/2</c>
returns a random integer uniformly distributed between <c>1</c> and
- <c>N</c>, and a new state.</p>
+ <c><anno>N</anno></c>, and a new state.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>