Re: [PATCH 1/2] simple random data generator for tests

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

Nicolas Pitre [off-list ref] wrote:

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 Makefile         |    7 +++++--
 test-genrandom.c |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test-genrandom.c

A change to .gitignore would also be nice.  ;-)

Gah!

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+	unsigned long count, next = 0;

What about wraparound?  Could this produce different results on a
32 bit system and a 64 bit system, due to the difference in size
of unsigned long?

No, because the bits we extract are below 32 bits, and the multiply 
operation will always provide the same results in the low 32 bits 
regardless.


Nicolas