From d1f65a53bbc55d9f005db9757ec200bdb29fbd69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Clint Adams Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:43:00 +0000 Subject: 16688: clarify the pseudo-randomness of RANDOM. --- Doc/Zsh/params.yo | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Doc/Zsh') diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo index fb83863a1..e389a6449 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo @@ -574,9 +574,14 @@ and whenever the directory changes. ) vindex(RANDOM) item(tt(RANDOM) )( -A random integer from 0 to 32767, newly generated each time +A pseudo-random integer from 0 to 32767, newly generated each time this parameter is referenced. The random number generator can be seeded by assigning a numeric value to tt(RANDOM). + +The values of tt(RANDOM) form an intentionally-repeatable pseudo-random +sequence; subshells that reference tt(RANDOM) will result +in identical pseudo-random values unless the value of tt(RANDOM) is +referenced or seeded in the parent shell in between subshell invocations. ) vindex(SECONDS) item(tt(SECONDS) )( -- cgit 1.4.1