GNU bug report logs - #32605
[w64] (random) never returns negative

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: f.j.wright <at> live.co.uk

Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 17:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 26.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Cc: f.j.wright <at> live.co.uk, Francis Wright <francis.j.wright <at> gmail.com>,
 32605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32605: 26.1; (random) never returns negative
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2018 18:27:37 -0400

retitle 32605 [w64] (random) never returns negative
tags 32605 + confirmed
quit

Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net> writes:

> On Sat, 01 Sep 2018 18:18:01 +0100 Francis Wright <francis.j.wright <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> Therefore, it should return a negative integer
>> half the time, but I have never yet seen it return a negative value.

>> In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)

> Prompted by this report, I just ran `M-: (random)' twice, with these
> results:
>
> 1407814790132564328 (#o116114401367331100550, #x13899017bb648168)
> -5902216973509885 (#o-247600437205762375, #x-14f808fa17e4fd)
>
> This was on a build from current master under GNU/Linux

This bug seems specific to 64 bit Windows builds.
This bug report was last modified 4 years ago.

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