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authorRoberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br>2018-07-25 14:56:42 -0300
committerRoberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br>2018-07-25 14:56:42 -0300
commitb47f2cd068fb14a27d3da6fb3d08305b7d7b354d (patch)
tree3a5900a3991d13f029abf89ca87e478ba14e3c1b
parente885dee5ab4dbee2457ee2023340e848fdabdef9 (diff)
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Small improvements in the manual
-rw-r--r--manual/manual.of12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/manual/manual.of b/manual/manual.of
index f92be508..659daa55 100644
--- a/manual/manual.of
+++ b/manual/manual.of
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@Ci{$Id: manual.of,v 1.175 2018/06/18 19:17:35 roberto Exp roberto $}
+@Ci{$Id: manual.of $}
@C{[(-------------------------------------------------------------------------}
@manual{
@@ -4567,7 +4567,8 @@ This is the only option that can raise a memory error.
}
-This function returns 0 if given an invalid option in @id{what}.
+This function returns 0 to signal an invalid option in @id{what};
+even then the valid options are handled correctly.
}
@@ -7488,7 +7489,7 @@ you should call @Lid{math.randomseed} explicitly.
The results from this function have good statistical qualities,
but they are not cryptographically secure.
-(For instance, there are no garanties that it is hard
+(For instance, there are no guarantees that it is hard
to predict future results based on the observation of
some number of previous results.)
@@ -7496,8 +7497,9 @@ some number of previous results.)
@LibEntry{math.randomseed (x [, y])|
-Sets @id{x} and @id{y} as the @Q{seed}
-for the pseudo-random generator:
+The integer parameters @id{x} and @id{y} are
+concatenated into a 128-bit @Q{seed} that
+is used to reinitialize the pseudo-random generator;
equal seeds produce equal sequences of numbers.
The default for @id{y} is zero.