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authorache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1997-06-14 00:14:29 +0000
committerache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1997-06-14 00:14:29 +0000
commit98ddc15c28ed1a38237156f5d5c73c6ddecf0ec9 (patch)
tree2103ee8dd8d4d042d62af7d59cb5b43245862624 /lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
parentf0711d970f9e49e9bc86224544dbf59e22c16000 (diff)
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Instead of copying fallback code over and over in each program,
implement (better) falback code inside srandomdev() itself. Change return type from int to void (binary compatibility surprisely achieved). Userland code will be changed soon.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/random.3')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdlib/random.37
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
index 2195084..4691498 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
.Fn random void
.Ft void
.Fn srandom "unsigned long seed"
-.Ft int
+.Ft void
.Fn srandomdev void
.Ft char *
.Fn initstate "unsigned long seed" "char *state" "long n"
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ calling
with any value, since the succeeding terms in the
state buffer are no longer derived from the LC algorithm applied to
a fixed seed.
-If successful
-.Fn srandomdev
-returns 0. It returns -1 on failure, and sets
-.Va errno
-to indicate the error.
.Pp
The
.Fn initstate
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