Thread: pgsql: Doc: update description of random() function.
Doc: update description of random() function. Commit 3804539e4 neglected to update the documentation's claim that random() uses a "linear congruential algorithm". In hopes of avoiding the same mistake if someone replaces our PRNG again, just say it's a deterministic pseudo-random number generator and leave it at that. Anybody who really wants to know can look in the source code. COMPATIBILITY NOTE FOR RELEASE NOTES: 3804539e4's commit message really should have mentioned that the random() sequence after setseed(), while still repeatable, will differ from what you got in pre-v15 releases. Noted by Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker; wording suggestion by Dean Rasheed. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/875ynfpiru.fsf@wibble.ilmari.org Branch ------ master Details ------- https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/d4f109e4a2c028bcd889cc44d84b10fff7d9186b Modified Files -------------- doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)