diff --git a/stdlib/Random/src/Xoshiro.jl b/stdlib/Random/src/Xoshiro.jl index 1909effbbc9e6..09a3e386e9a2b 100644 --- a/stdlib/Random/src/Xoshiro.jl +++ b/stdlib/Random/src/Xoshiro.jl @@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ end TaskLocalRNG The `TaskLocalRNG` has state that is local to its task, not its thread. -It is seeded upon task creation, from the state of its parent task. -Therefore, task creation is an event that changes the parent's RNG state. +It is seeded upon task creation, from the state of its parent task, but without +advancing the state of the parent's RNG. As an upside, the `TaskLocalRNG` is pretty fast, and permits reproducible multithreaded simulations (barring race conditions), independent of scheduler @@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ may be any integer. !!! compat "Julia 1.11" Seeding `TaskLocalRNG()` with a negative integer seed requires at least Julia 1.11. + +!!! compat "Julia 1.10" + Task creation no longer advances the parent task's RNG state as of Julia 1.10. """ struct TaskLocalRNG <: AbstractRNG end TaskLocalRNG(::Nothing) = TaskLocalRNG()