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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/params.yo | 7 |
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2002-02-21 Clint Adams <clint@zsh.org> + + * 16688: Doc/Zsh/params.yo: clarify the pseudo-randomness of + RANDOM. + 2002-02-20 Bart Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org> * unposted: Completion/Unix/Command/_pine: Fix sed expression to diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo index fb83863a1..e389a6449 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo @@ -574,9 +574,14 @@ and whenever the directory changes. ) vindex(RANDOM) item(tt(RANDOM) <S>)( -A random integer from 0 to 32767, newly generated each time +A pseudo-random integer from 0 to 32767, newly generated each time this parameter is referenced. The random number generator can be seeded by assigning a numeric value to tt(RANDOM). + +The values of tt(RANDOM) form an intentionally-repeatable pseudo-random +sequence; subshells that reference tt(RANDOM) will result +in identical pseudo-random values unless the value of tt(RANDOM) is +referenced or seeded in the parent shell in between subshell invocations. ) vindex(SECONDS) item(tt(SECONDS) <S>)( |