1 files changed, 73 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/ruby/internal/intern/random.h b/include/ruby/internal/intern/random.h
index 6482a8f6e8..5577f53cb4 100644
--- a/include/ruby/internal/intern/random.h
+++ b/include/ruby/internal/intern/random.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *             recursively included  from extension  libraries written  in C++.
  *             Do not  expect for  instance `__VA_ARGS__` is  always available.
  *             We assume C99  for ruby itself but we don't  assume languages of
- *             extension libraries. They could be written in C++98.
+ *             extension libraries.  They could be written in C++98.
  * @brief      MT19937 backended pseudo random number generator.
  * @see        Matsumoto,  M.,   Nishimura,  T.,  "Mersenne  Twister:   A  623-
  *             dimensionally   equidistributed   uniform  pseudorandom   number
@@ -30,13 +30,85 @@
 RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN()
 
 /* random.c */
+
+/**
+ * Generates a 32 bit random number.
+ *
+ * @return  A random number.
+ * @note    Now  that  we  have  ractors,  the  RNG  behind  this  function  is
+ *          per-ractor.
+ */
 unsigned int rb_genrand_int32(void);
+
+/**
+ * Generates a `double` random number.
+ *
+ * @return  A random number.
+ * @note    This function shares the RNG with rb_genrand_int32().
+ */
 double rb_genrand_real(void);
+
+/**
+ * Resets the RNG behind rb_genrand_int32()/rb_genrand_real().
+ *
+ * @post  The (now per-ractor) default RNG's internal state is cleared.
+ */
 void rb_reset_random_seed(void);
+
+/**
+ * Generates a String of random bytes.
+ *
+ * @param[in,out]  rnd  An instance of ::rb_cRandom.
+ * @param[in]      n    Requested number of bytes.
+ * @return         An instance of ::rb_cString, of binary, of `n` bytes length,
+ *                 whose contents are random bits.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * @shyouhei doesn't know if this is an  Easter egg or an official feature, but
+ * this function can  take a wider range of objects,  such as `Socket::Ifaddr`.
+ * The arguments are just silently ignored and the default RNG is used instead,
+ * if they are non-RNG.
+ */
 VALUE rb_random_bytes(VALUE rnd, long n);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_genrand_int32(), except it generates using the passed RNG.
+ *
+ * @param[in,out]  rnd  An instance of ::rb_cRandom.
+ * @return         A random number.
+ */
 unsigned int rb_random_int32(VALUE rnd);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_genrand_real(), except it generates using the passed RNG.
+ *
+ * @param[in,out]  rnd  An instance of ::rb_cRandom.
+ * @return         A random number.
+ */
 double rb_random_real(VALUE rnd);
+
+/**
+ * Identical  to  rb_genrand_ulong_limited(),  except it  generates  using  the
+ * passed RNG.
+ *
+ * @param[in,out]  rnd    An instance of ::rb_cRandom.
+ * @param[in]      limit  Max possible return value.
+ * @return         A random number, distributed in `[0, limit]` interval.
+ * @note           Note it can return `limit`.
+ * @note           Whether  the  return  value  distributes  uniformly  in  the
+ *                 interval or not depends on  how the argument RNG behaves; at
+ *                 least in case of MT19937 it does.
+ */
 unsigned long rb_random_ulong_limited(VALUE rnd, unsigned long limit);
+
+/**
+ * Generates a random number whose upper limit is `i`.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  i  Max possible return value.
+ * @return     A random number, uniformly distributed in `[0, limit]` interval.
+ * @note       Note it can return `i`.
+ */
 unsigned long rb_genrand_ulong_limited(unsigned long i);
 
 RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END()