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| author | Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> | 1999-09-30 08:24:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 1999-09-30 16:15:05 +0000 |
| commit | 757edf6f97fa376b72d1a074f68bfc7b1e9c441b (patch) | |
| tree | 003ed7f8dce1e2113e3d9e0829b9bffae4537b50 /pod/perldelta.pod | |
| parent | 8e52752b5f49a78716f0f99e5101dfe233b32cb0 (diff) | |
| download | perl-757edf6f97fa376b72d1a074f68bfc7b1e9c441b.tar.gz | |
rand() advisory for perldelta.pod
To: Perl Porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.9909301218390.3343-100000@maxwell.phys.lafayette.edu>
p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4261
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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index e3a37dc741..9489c58acb 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ This document describes differences between the 5.005 release and this one. TODO +=over 4 + +=item Possibly changed pseudo-random number generator + +In 5.005_0x and earlier, perl's rand() function used the C library +rand(3) function. As of 5.005_52, Configure tests for drand48(), +random(), and rand() (in that order) and picks the first one it finds. +Perl programs that depend on reproducing a specific set of pseudo-random +numbers will now likely produce different output. + +=back + =head2 C Source Incompatibilities =over 4 |