kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/random.texi

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  doc: Mention a 'random' limitation on OpenBSD.
  
  Reported by Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com>.
  
  * doc/posix-functions/random.texi: Mention the OpenBSD limitation.
  

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• @node random
  @section @code{random}
  @findex random
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/random.html}
  
  Gnulib module: random
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function is missing on some platforms:
  mingw, MSVC 14.
  @item
  This function is only defined as an inline function on some platforms:
  Android 4.4.
  @item
  This function is not multithread-safe on some platforms:
  macOS 12.5, FreeBSD 13.2, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 3.4.6, Haiku.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function has a slightly incompatible declaration (the return type being
  @samp{int} instead of @samp{long}) on some platforms:
  Cygwin 1.5.25, Haiku.
  @item
  When @samp{srandom} was not called, this function returns a non-deterministic
  sequence rather than a deterministic sequence of numbers on some platforms:
  OpenBSD 7.4.
  @end itemize
  

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