Re: enhancement/220: $random functions not 64-bit portable

From: Shalom Bresticker (Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com)
Date: Sun Jan 12 2003 - 00:25:36 PST

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    Steven,

    Did you intend this to be classified as an enhancement or as an erratum.

    If an erratum, is it "simple" or "discuss"?

    It seems to me to be "errata-discuss".

    Shalom

    > >Category: enhancement
    >
    > The C code that describes the algorithms for the
    > probabilistic distribution functions is not 64-bit
    > portable. It uses longs, which will change size under
    > the LP64 conventions most common for 64-bit compilers.
    >
    > The code is still adequate as documentation of the
    > algorithms, as long as the implementors recognize that
    > it cannot be used as-is in a 64-bit version of a
    > simulator.

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