From: Agniva De Sarker <agnivade@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 15:21:39 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: math/rand: clarify documentation for Seed example
X-Git-Tag: go1.11beta1~438
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f94b5a81057ccf6d16da3a78b2ff5c08383f9768;p=gostls13.git

math/rand: clarify documentation for Seed example

Fixes #25325

Change-Id: I101641be99a820722edb7272918e04e8d2e1646c
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/112775
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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diff --git a/src/math/rand/example_test.go b/src/math/rand/example_test.go
index aa1f2bcc73..adeeaa0b46 100644
--- a/src/math/rand/example_test.go
+++ b/src/math/rand/example_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ import (
 // the output of the random number generator when given a fixed seed.
 
 func Example() {
-	rand.Seed(42) // Try changing this number!
+	// Seeding with the same value results in the same random sequence each run.
+	// For different numbers, seed with a different value, such as
+	// time.Now().UnixNano(), which yields a constantly-changing number.
+	rand.Seed(42)
 	answers := []string{
 		"It is certain",
 		"It is decidedly so",