From 6d2cac12dbbd0e2f349106f1e4990b2feb0dda40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Lance Taylor Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 18:41:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] math/rand: clarify Seed deprecation note Fixes #59331 Change-Id: I62156be2f2758c59349c3b02db6cf9140429c9e3 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/481915 Run-TryBot: Ian Lance Taylor Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor TryBot-Bypass: Ian Lance Taylor Reviewed-by: Russ Cox --- src/math/rand/rand.go | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/math/rand/rand.go b/src/math/rand/rand.go index a98b3905bd..cc1f95c88d 100644 --- a/src/math/rand/rand.go +++ b/src/math/rand/rand.go @@ -387,12 +387,10 @@ func (fs *fastSource) read(p []byte, readVal *int64, readPos *int8) (n int, err // Alternately, set GODEBUG=randautoseed=0 in the environment // before making any calls to functions in this package. // -// Deprecated: Programs that call Seed and then expect a specific sequence -// of results from the global random source (using functions such as Int) -// can be broken when a dependency changes how much it consumes -// from the global random source. To avoid such breakages, programs -// that need a specific result sequence should use New(NewSource(seed)) -// to obtain a random generator that other packages cannot access. +// Deprecated: As of Go 1.20 there is no reason to call Seed with +// a random value. Programs that call Seed with a known value to get +// a specific sequence of results should use New(NewSource(seed)) to +// obtain a local random generator. func Seed(seed int64) { orig := globalRandGenerator.Load() -- 2.50.0