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authorSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2011-10-18 16:05:14 +0200
committerSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2011-10-18 16:12:00 +0200
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Merge branch 'sverker/random-improved-algo'
* sverker/random-improved-algo: Improve algorithm in module random. Fix a bug in the implementation of the pseudo-random number generator OTP-8713
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<c>random_seed</c> to remember the current seed.</p>
<p>If a process calls <c>uniform/0</c> or <c>uniform/1</c> without
setting a seed first, <c>seed/0</c> is called automatically.</p>
+ <p>The implementation changed in R15. Upgrading to R15 will break
+ applications that expect a specific output for a given seed. The output
+ is still deterministic number series, but different compared to releases
+ older than R15. The seed <c>{0,0,0}</c> will for example no longer
+ produce a flawed series of only zeros.</p>
</section>
</erlref>