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diff --git a/pod/perl5134delta.pod b/pod/perl5134delta.pod index 356a247e01..f7e76bd923 100644 --- a/pod/perl5134delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5134delta.pod @@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ C<\N{}>, C<charnames::vianame>, C<charnames::viacode> now know about every character in Unicode. Previously, they didn't know about the Hangul syllables nor a number of CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) characters. +=head2 C<srand()> now returns the seed + +This allows programs which need to have repeatable results to not have to come +up with their own seed generating mechanism. Instead, they can use C<srand()> +and somehow stash the return for future use. Typical is a test program which +has too many combinations to test comprehensively in the time available to it +each run. It can test a random subset each time, and should there be a +failure, log the seed used for that run so that it can later be used to +reproduce the exact results. + =head1 Security XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security |