From 401bf07f5908137cde206f2f755af83c9a7ff71e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Gudmundsson <dgud@erlang.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:37:33 +0200
Subject: 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.
---
 lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml')

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>
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