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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2016-01-18 21:31:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2016-01-18 21:33:31 -0800 |
| commit | 2e5a89fad151f8efa97aea3f400823a95bee6289 (patch) | |
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| parent | 0ed8b42d22bbcacd03c3f82bee9f855815b8b284 (diff) | |
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Minor improvements to (random t) documentation
* doc/lispref/numbers.texi (Random Numbers):
* src/fns.c (Frandom):
Omit unnecessary details about randomness fallback.
Say that it is a fallback.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi index 3a9483af967..28eb6b18afa 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi @@ -1252,9 +1252,9 @@ any integer representable in Lisp, i.e., an integer between (@pxref{Integer Basics}). If @var{limit} is @code{t}, it means to choose a new seed as if Emacs -were restarting. The new seed will be set from the system entropy, if -that is available, or from the current time and Emacs process's PID -(@pxref{System Environment, emacs-pid}) if not. +were restarting, typically from the system entropy. On systems +lacking entropy pools, choose the seed from less-random volatile data +such as the current time. If @var{limit} is a string, it means to choose a new seed based on the string's contents. |