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@node srandom
@section @code{srandom}
@findex srandom

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/srandom.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.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function has a slightly incompatible declaration (the return type being
@samp{long} instead of @samp{void}) on some platforms:
Cygwin 1.5.25.
@item
The parameter is @code{unsigned long} instead of @code{unsigned int} on some
platforms:
MidnightBSD 2.0.
@end itemize