Random functions

Functions
int	wget_random (void)
void	wget_srandom (unsigned int seed)

Detailed Description

This is wrapper code around gnulib's srandom_r() and random_r() with automatic seeding

Function Documentation

wget_random()

int wget_random

(

void

)

Returns

Random value between 0 and RAND_MAX

This functions wraps around gnulib's random_r(). It performs a thread-safe seeding on the first use, if not done before by wget_srandom();

wget_srandom()

void wget_srandom

(

unsigned int

seed

)

Parameters

[in]

seed

Value to seed the random generator

This functions wraps around srandom_r() to make a thread-safe seeding for wget_random().