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@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ for every call. The result is uniformly distributed between 0.0 and 1.0.
It's correctly scaled up and rounded for <tt>math.random(n&nbsp;[,m])</tt> to
preserve uniformity.
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+<p>
+Important: Neither this nor any other PRNG based on the simplistic
+<tt>math.random()</tt> API is suitable for cryptographic use.
+</p>
<h3 id="io"><tt>io.*</tt> functions handle 64&nbsp;bit file offsets</h3>
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