Minor documentation refresh for two utility functions

Author: eddelbuettel

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2025-09-16  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <[email protected]>
+
+	* src/RcppArmadillo.cpp: Refresh documentation for seed setting function
+	* man/armadillo_set_seed.Rd: Regenerated, also for *_random() variant
+	* man/armadillo_version.Rd: Regenerated
+
 2025-09-11  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <[email protected]>
 
 	* README.md: Link to ldlasb2 repo and its 'benchmarks' writeup

R/RcppExports.R

@@ -14,35 +14,20 @@ armadillo_version <- function(single) {
     .Call(`_RcppArmadillo_armadillo_version`, single)
 }
 
-#' Set the Armadillo Random Number Generator to a random value
-#'
-#' @details
-#' Depending on whether RcppArmadillo was compiled for the C++98 standard
-#' (currently the default) or for C++11 (optional), two different RNGs may be used.
-#' This function resets either. For C++98, the R programming language's RNG is used.
-#' For C++11, the RNG included in the \code{<random>} library is used only when
-#'  \code{#define ARMA_USE_CXX11_RNG} is placed before \code{#include <RcppArmadillo.h>}.
-#'  Otherwise, the R programming language's RNG will be used.
-#' @return The function is invoked for its side effect and has no return value.
-#' @note This has been found to not work as espected in \pkg{RStudio}
-#' as its code also uses the system RNG library. You may have to either
-#' not run within \pkg{RStudio} or change your code to use a different RNG such
-#' as the one from R.
-#' @seealso The R documentation on its RNGs all of which are accessible via \pkg{Rcpp}.
+#' @rdname armadillo_set_seed
 armadillo_set_seed_random <- function() {
     invisible(.Call(`_RcppArmadillo_armadillo_set_seed_random`))
 }
 
-#' Set the Armadillo Random Number Generator to the given value
+#' @title Set the Armadillo Random Number Generator to given or random value
 #'
 #' @param val The seed used to initialize Armadillo's random number generator.
 #' @details
-#' Depending on whether RcppArmadillo was compiled for the C++98 standard
-#' (currently the default) or for C++11 (optional), two different RNGs may be used.
-#' This function resets either. For C++98, the R programming language's RNG is used.
-#' For C++11, the RNG included in the \code{<random>} library is used only when
-#'  \code{#define ARMA_USE_CXX11_RNG} is placed before \code{#include <RcppArmadillo.h>}.
-#'  Otherwise, the R programming language's RNG will be used.
+#' Armadillo can switch between two random number generator implementations dependeding
+#' on the compilation standard used. Under normal circumstances RcppArmadillo will connect
+#' Armadillo to the R random number generator which also implies that \code{set.seed()}
+#' should be used from R. To use this function, one also needs to undefine \code{ARMA_RNG_ALT}
+#' so that the Armadillo generators are used.
 #' @return The function is invoked for its side effect and has no return value.
 #' @note This has been found to not work as espected in \pkg{RStudio}
 #' as its code also uses the system RNG library. You may have to either

man/armadillo_set_seed.Rd

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 // RcppArmadillo.cpp: Rcpp/Armadillo glue
 //
-// Copyright (C)  2010 - 2024  Dirk Eddelbuettel, Romain Francois and Douglas Bates
+// Copyright (C)  2010 - 2025  Dirk Eddelbuettel, Romain Francois and Douglas Bates
 //
 // This file is part of RcppArmadillo.
 //
@@ -49,36 +49,21 @@ Rcpp::IntegerVector armadillo_version(bool single) {
 
 // Per request of Gábor Csárdi in https://github.com/RcppCore/RcppArmadillo/issues/11
 //
-//' Set the Armadillo Random Number Generator to a random value
-//'
-//' @details
-//' Depending on whether RcppArmadillo was compiled for the C++98 standard
-//' (currently the default) or for C++11 (optional), two different RNGs may be used.
-//' This function resets either. For C++98, the R programming language's RNG is used.
-//' For C++11, the RNG included in the \code{<random>} library is used only when
-//'  \code{#define ARMA_USE_CXX11_RNG} is placed before \code{#include <RcppArmadillo.h>}.
-//'  Otherwise, the R programming language's RNG will be used.
-//' @return The function is invoked for its side effect and has no return value.
-//' @note This has been found to not work as espected in \pkg{RStudio}
-//' as its code also uses the system RNG library. You may have to either
-//' not run within \pkg{RStudio} or change your code to use a different RNG such
-//' as the one from R.
-//' @seealso The R documentation on its RNGs all of which are accessible via \pkg{Rcpp}.
+//' @rdname armadillo_set_seed
 // [[Rcpp::export]]
 void armadillo_set_seed_random() {
     arma::arma_rng::set_seed_random();  			// set the seed to a random value
 }
 
-//' Set the Armadillo Random Number Generator to the given value
+//' @title Set the Armadillo Random Number Generator to given or random value
 //'
 //' @param val The seed used to initialize Armadillo's random number generator.
 //' @details
-//' Depending on whether RcppArmadillo was compiled for the C++98 standard
-//' (currently the default) or for C++11 (optional), two different RNGs may be used.
-//' This function resets either. For C++98, the R programming language's RNG is used.
-//' For C++11, the RNG included in the \code{<random>} library is used only when
-//'  \code{#define ARMA_USE_CXX11_RNG} is placed before \code{#include <RcppArmadillo.h>}.
-//'  Otherwise, the R programming language's RNG will be used.
+//' Armadillo can switch between two random number generator implementations dependeding
+//' on the compilation standard used. Under normal circumstances RcppArmadillo will connect
+//' Armadillo to the R random number generator which also implies that \code{set.seed()}
+//' should be used from R. To use this function, one also needs to undefine \code{ARMA_RNG_ALT}
+//' so that the Armadillo generators are used.
 //' @return The function is invoked for its side effect and has no return value.
 //' @note This has been found to not work as espected in \pkg{RStudio}
 //' as its code also uses the system RNG library. You may have to either
@@ -87,7 +72,6 @@ void armadillo_set_seed_random() {
 //' @seealso The R documentation on its RNGs all of which are accessible via \pkg{Rcpp}.
 // [[Rcpp::export]]
 void armadillo_set_seed(unsigned int val) {
-    //Rcpp::Rcout << "Setting value " << val << std::endl;
     arma::arma_rng::set_seed(val);  			    // set the seed to given value
 }