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@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ defaults to the value of the variable @code{*random-state*}. This
object is used to maintain the state of the pseudo-random-number
generator and is altered as a side effect of calls to @code{random}.
@end defun
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@defvar *random-state*
Holds a data structure that encodes the internal state of the
random-number generator that @code{random} uses by default. The nature
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ Returns a new copy of argument @var{state}.
Returns a new copy of @code{*random-state*}.
@end defun
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@defun seed->random-state seed
Returns a new object of type suitable for use as the value of the
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ Calling @code{seed->random-state} with unequal arguments will nearly
always return unequal states.
@end defun
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@defun make-random-state
@@ -61,3 +64,4 @@ is used as the seed.
@end defun
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