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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/rand48.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 b/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 index 3a263c8..1bd315e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 @@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ and .Fn nrand48 functions return values of type long in the range -[0, 2**31-1]. The high-order (31) bits of +[0, 2**31-1]. +The high-order (31) bits of r(n+1) are loaded into the lower bits of the returned value, with the topmost (sign) bit set to zero. .Pp @@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ and .Fn jrand48 functions return values of type long in the range -[-2**31, 2**31-1]. The high-order (32) bits of +[-2**31, 2**31-1]. +The high-order (32) bits of r(n+1) are loaded into the returned value. .Pp The @@ -100,7 +102,8 @@ The and .Fn mrand48 functions -use an internal buffer to store r(n). For these functions +use an internal buffer to store r(n). +For these functions the initial value of r(0) = 0x1234abcd330e = 20017429951246. .Pp On the other hand, |
