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diff --git a/man3/random.3 b/man3/random.3 index 2958b5be1..9c69344e8 100644 --- a/man3/random.3 +++ b/man3/random.3 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:13:39 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" Modified Sun Aug 20 21:47:07 2000, aeb .\" -.TH random 3 2023-02-10 "Linux man-pages 6.03" +.TH random 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" .SH NAME random, srandom, initstate, setstate \- random number generator .SH LIBRARY @@ -138,34 +138,26 @@ A state array of less than 8 bytes was specified to .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see .BR attributes (7). -.ad l -.nh .TS allbox; lbx lb lb l l l. Interface Attribute Value T{ +.na +.nh .BR random (), .BR srandom (), .BR initstate (), .BR setstate () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE -.hy -.ad .sp 1 .SH STANDARDS -POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD. +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD. .SH NOTES -The -.BR random () -function should not be used in multithreaded programs -where reproducible behavior is required. -Use -.BR random_r (3) -for that purpose. -.PP Random-number generation is a complex topic. .I Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing (William H.\& Press, Brian P.\& Flannery, Saul A.\& Teukolsky, @@ -178,6 +170,14 @@ in depth, see Chapter 3 (Random Numbers) in Donald E.\& Knuth's .IR "The Art of Computer Programming" , volume 2 (Seminumerical Algorithms), 2nd ed.; Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1981. +.SH CAVEATS +The +.BR random () +function should not be used in multithreaded programs +where reproducible behavior is required. +Use +.BR random_r (3) +for that purpose. .SH BUGS According to POSIX, .BR initstate () |