Doc: improve documentation about random().
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Doc: improve documentation about random(). We didn't explicitly say that random() uses a randomly-chosen seed if you haven't called setseed(). Do so. Also, remove ref/set.sgml's no-longer-accurate (and never very relevant) statement that the seed value is multiplied by 2^31-1. Back-patch to v12 where set.sgml's claim stopped being true. The claim that we use a source of random bits as seed was debatable before 4203842a1, too, so v12 seems like a good place to stop. Per question from Carl Sopchak. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/f37bb937-9d99-08f0-4de7-80c91a3cfc2e@sopchak.me
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- What seed does random() use if setseed() is not called first? 5 messages · 2022-07-23