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34 lines
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@node random
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@subsection @code{random}
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@findex random
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POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/random.html}
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Gnulib module: random
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@mindex random
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Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
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@itemize
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@item
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This function is missing on some platforms:
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mingw, MSVC 14.
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@item
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This function is only defined as an inline function on some platforms:
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Android 4.4.
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@item
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This function is not multithread-safe on some platforms:
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macOS 14, FreeBSD 13.2, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 3.4.6, Haiku.
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@end itemize
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Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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@itemize
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@item
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This function has a slightly incompatible declaration (the return type being
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@samp{int} instead of @samp{long}) on some platforms:
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Cygwin 1.5.25, Haiku.
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@item
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When @samp{srandom} was not called, this function returns a non-deterministic
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sequence rather than a deterministic sequence of numbers on some platforms:
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OpenBSD 7.4.
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@end itemize
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