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| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/fortran/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/fortran/intrinsic.texi | 10 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog index 8ab7cac..e2f216d 100644 --- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ 2016-04-13 Dominique d'Humieres <dominiq@lps.ens.fr> + PR fortran/67039 + * intrinsic.texi: Correct the documentation of pseudorandom + number intrinsics. + +2016-04-13 Dominique d'Humieres <dominiq@lps.ens.fr> + PR fortran/58000 * gfortran.texi: Document OPEN( ... NAME=) as not implemented in GNU Fortran diff --git a/gcc/fortran/intrinsic.texi b/gcc/fortran/intrinsic.texi index f9760f6..8840630 100644 --- a/gcc/fortran/intrinsic.texi +++ b/gcc/fortran/intrinsic.texi @@ -12628,10 +12628,12 @@ Does not return anything. See @code{RAND} and @code{IRAND} for examples. @item @emph{Notes}: -The Fortran 2003 standard specifies the intrinsic @code{RANDOM_SEED} to -initialize the pseudo-random numbers generator and @code{RANDOM_NUMBER} -to generate pseudo-random numbers. Please note that in -GNU Fortran, these two sets of intrinsics (@code{RAND}, +The Fortran standard specifies the intrinsic subroutines +@code{RANDOM_SEED} to initialize the pseudo-random number +generator and @code{RANDOM_NUMBER} to generate pseudo-random numbers. +These subroutines should be used in new codes. + +Please note that in GNU Fortran, these two sets of intrinsics (@code{RAND}, @code{IRAND} and @code{SRAND} on the one hand, @code{RANDOM_NUMBER} and @code{RANDOM_SEED} on the other hand) access two independent pseudo-random number generators. |