Author: colomon
Date: 2010-07-16 15:15:21 +0200 (Fri, 16 Jul 2010)
New Revision: 31727
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Numeric.pod
Log:
[spec] Add Real.rand to spec, as it was already in the spectests and Rakudo.
Change term:<rand> description to refer to it.
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Numeric.pod
===================================================================
--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Numeric.pod 2010-07-16 13:07:17 UTC
(rev 31726)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Numeric.pod 2010-07-16 13:15:21 UTC
(rev 31727)
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
Created: 19 Mar 2009 extracted from S29-functions.pod
- Last Modified: 11 June 2010
- Version: 9
+ Last Modified: 16 July 2010
+ Version: 10
The document is a draft.
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@
Pseudo random number in range C<< 0 ..^ 1 >>. That is, C<0> is
theoretically possible, while C<1> is not. Note that there is no
-unary C<rand> function in Perl 6, so just multiply C<rand> by your
-desired multiplier. For picking a random integer you probably want
+unary C<rand> function in Perl 6, but there is a C<rand> method.
+For picking a random integer you probably want
to use something like C<(1..6).pick> instead.
=item sqrt
@@ -272,6 +272,14 @@
you I<must> call C<srand()> yourself if you wish to specify a deterministic
seed
(or if you wish to be differently nondeterministic).
+=item rand
+
+ our Num multi method rand (Real $x:) is export
+
+Pseudo random number in range C<< 0 ..^ $x >>. That is, C<0> is
+theoretically possible, while C<$x> is not. For picking a random integer
+you probably want to use something like C<(1..6).pick> instead.
+
=item cis
our Complex multi method cis (Real $angle:) is export
