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before including mpfr.h (or you may want to modify mini-gmp.h).
Remark: The random functions provided by MPFR configured with mini-gmp
-use the POSIX lrand48() and srand48() functions (the platform needs to
-provide them), thus one should avoid mini-gmp if one needs some really
-serious random functions. Another consequence is that these functions
-are not thread-safe.
+use the standard rand() function, thus one should avoid mini-gmp if one
+needs some really serious random functions. Another consequence is that
+these functions may not be thread-safe.
This was tested with MPFR svn r13974 and GMP 6.2.0 on x86_64 GNU/Linux:
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