From 348d289d7a4f972319edb510c77144c00a824102 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gwynne Raskind Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:07:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document BC break in 5.2.1 (fixes bug #40724) git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@237712 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1 --- reference/math/functions/mt-srand.xml | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/reference/math/functions/mt-srand.xml b/reference/math/functions/mt-srand.xml index 81dbdf0008..79dcdf649a 100644 --- a/reference/math/functions/mt-srand.xml +++ b/reference/math/functions/mt-srand.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + mt_srand @@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ and defaults to a random value if omitted. + + Since 5.2.1 + + The Mersenne Twister implementation in PHP now uses a new seeding + algorithm by Richard Wagner. Identical seeds no longer produce the same + sequence of values they did in previous versions. This behavior is not + expected to change again, but it is considered unsafe to rely upon it + nonetheless. + +