[PATCH 04/11] include support for a simple pseudo number generator
Andy Pont
andy.pont at sdcsystems.com
Thu Jun 17 09:26:58 EDT 2010
Sascha Hauer wrote...
> +#define RAND_MAX 32767
> +
> +/* return a pseudo-random integer in the range [0, RAND_MAX] */
> +unsigned int rand(void);
*Snip*
> +unsigned int rand(void)
> +{
> + random_seed = random_seed * 1103515245 + 12345;
> + return (random_seed / 65536) % 32768;
> +}
The return value on this function seems wrong as it will always return a
value between 0 and 32767 irrespective of what RAND_MAX is set to which
doesn't agree with the comment on the function prototype.
Although it may just be me being dim as my hayfever is driving me mad today
:-)
A.
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