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@node initstate
@subsection @code{initstate}
@findex initstate

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/initstate.html}

Gnulib module: random
@mindex random

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
mingw, MSVC 14, Android 4.4.
@item
This function is not declared on some platforms:
Cygwin 1.5.25.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function crashes if the state buffer is unaligned on some platforms:
@c https://sourceware.org/PR30584
glibc 2.40/sparc.
@item
The first parameter is @code{unsigned long} instead of @code{unsigned int} on
some platforms:
MidnightBSD 2.0.
@item
The third parameter is @code{long} instead of @code{size_t} on some platforms:
MidnightBSD 2.0.
@item
This function makes out-of-bounds writes on some platforms:
@c https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/18346
Haiku.
@end itemize
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