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PATCH: RANDOM docs



> Not a bug, so definitely shouldn't be in BUGS.  The doc for RANDOM could
> make it more explicit that the results are is an intentionally repeatable
> psuedo-random sequence.

Index: Doc/Zsh/params.yo
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RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/params.yo,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.14 params.yo
--- Doc/Zsh/params.yo	31 Jan 2002 14:44:15 -0000	1.14
+++ Doc/Zsh/params.yo	21 Feb 2002 13:20:47 -0000
@@ -574,9 +574,14 @@
 )
 vindex(RANDOM)
 item(tt(RANDOM) <S>)(
-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) <S>)(



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