From: izydorst <izydorst@b7a2c559-68d2-44c3-8de9-860c34a00d81>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 15:52:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: more info about GetRandom vs. rand
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more info about GetRandom vs. rand


git-svn-id: svn://svn.cc65.org/cc65/trunk@1500 b7a2c559-68d2-44c3-8de9-860c34a00d81
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diff --git a/doc/geos.sgml b/doc/geos.sgml
index 7b328e32e..89580c26e 100644
--- a/doc/geos.sgml
+++ b/doc/geos.sgml
@@ -1245,7 +1245,12 @@ This function returns a random number. It can be also read from <tt/random/ e.g.
 a=random;
 </verb></tscreen>
 but by calling this function you are sure that the results will be always different.
-<tt/random/ is updated once a frame (50Hz PAL) and on every call to <tt/GetRandom/
+<tt/random/ is updated once a frame (50Hz PAL) and on every call to <tt/GetRandom/.
+<p>
+Note that it is not the same as <tt/rand/ function from the standard library. <tt/GetRandom/
+will give you unpredictable results (if IRQs will occur between calls to it) while
+<tt/rand/ conforms to the standard and for given seed (<tt/srand/) it always returns with the
+same sequence of values.
 
 <sect2>SetDevice
 <p>