@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

@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.
@end itemize