From 757edf6f97fa376b72d1a074f68bfc7b1e9c441b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Dougherty Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 08:24:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] rand() advisory for perldelta.pod To: Perl Porters Message-ID: p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4261 --- pod/perldelta.pod | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index e3a37dc..9489c58 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 -- 2.7.4