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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml index dcc6d756e1..26f22db48e 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> @@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ <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> |