On changing rand(3) to random(3) in awk(1)

[Chenguang Li]

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Chenguang Li <horus.li at gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter Pentchev <roam at ringlet.net> wrote:
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>> Right, but you've hard-coded RANDOM_MAX to 2^32-1.  I don't think this
>> is correct; I do believe that you should use LONG_MAX for this value.
>> Of course, #define RANDOM_MAX LONG_MAX could be fine for this purpose
>> here, but the point is to use LONG_MAX instead of 2^32-1.
> 
> I got your point, updated again. :)

Wait a minute, isn't LONG_MAX architecture-dependent? It's 9223372036854775807 
on my 64-bit FreeBSD box. The range of generated random numbers is explicitly 
documented. So I am afraid I should hard-code 2^32-1 in the file.

Chenguang Li

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