Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:00:14 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: src/libc/ansi/stdlib/rand.c
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On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, DJ Delorie wrote:

> How about if we just print a message like "rand() called before
> srand(); assuming srand(1)" if we detect that case, else follow ANSI?

I don't like this.  A portable program shouldn't trigger any messages
unless it does something wrong.  And in this case, the message just
says what ANSI mandates anyhow.