Here is another example of the logging randomness:
+CALL ARFilterApiCall -- filter API ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <INFO> ARFilterApiCall called by user Demo
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINER> Random bytes: g*B=Ar{íp²&Demo
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> character 0: g
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINER> int val of char 0: 103
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> bit offset: 0
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> after bit offset: 103
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> character 1:
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINER> int val of char 1: 142
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> bit offset: 8
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> after bit offset: 36352
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> character 2: *
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINER> int val of char 2: 42
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> bit offset: 16
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> after bit offset: 2752512
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> character 3:
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINER> int val of char 3: 20
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> bit offset: 24
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> after bit offset: 335544320
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINE> Random 32-bit int: 473730663
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <INFO> Received value: 2
<ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <INFO> Return Value (modulus): 0
-CALL OK
On 8/7/07, Axton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As another side note; I used automake and autoconf to create the
> configure and Makefile; if anyone can share information setting up
> Makefile.am and configure.ac properly for cross-platform/parallel
> building, do share.
>
> Thanks,
> Axton Grams
>
> On 8/7/07, Axton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I know this is not the right forum, but you are the people I know. I
> > am working on an arfilter plug-in and have a question about C. The
> > plug-in I am writing randomly returns true or false based on a
> > probability (e.g., 1 in 10 chance T is returned).
> >
> > The output from the plug-in shows the following:
> >
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <INFO> ARFilterApiCall called by user Demo
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINER> Random bytes: i{¤ïÓÅ
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> character 0:
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINER> int val of char 0: 134
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> bit offset: 0
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> after bit offset: 134
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> character 1: i
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINER> int val of char 1: 105
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> bit offset: 8
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> after bit offset: 26880
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> character 2: {
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINER> int val of char 2: 123
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> bit offset: 16
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> after bit offset: 8060928
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> character 3: ¤
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINER> int val of char 3: 164
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> bit offset: 24
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINEST> after bit offset: 2751463424
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <FINE> Random 32-bit int: 2894948742
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <INFO> Received value: 2
> > <ARSWIKI.ARF.PRNG> <INFO> Return Value: 1
> >
> > The Random bytes line should contain 4 bytes of data, but for some
> > reason it returns between 4 and 8 bytes.
> >
> > The sources that retrive and log the value are available at:
> > http://arswiki.org/projects/arfprng/browser/trunk/lib/arfprng.c#L241
> >
> > The program seems to work fine, but it worries me that I seem to be
> > reading memory I shouldn't be. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > fwiw, the plug-in functions properly on linux, though there are a few
> > things I need to clean up before I consider it production worthy
> > (e.g., handling text values, handling zero as an input value, breaking
> > the code into functions, etc.).
> >
> > Main Page: http://arswiki.org/projects/arfprng
> >
> > As a partial side note, I installed the Doxygen plug-in for Trac; the
> > doxygen docs are available within the project web page.
> >
> > As another side note; there seem to be some undocumented functions
> > available that are exposed through ARPluginSetProperties:
> >
> > AR_PLUGIN_PROP_LOG_FUNCTION
> > AR_PLUGIN_PROP_INSTALL_DIR
> > AR_PLUGIN_PROP_CONFIG_FILE
> > AR_PLUGIN_PROP_GETUSER_FUNCTION
> > AR_PLUGIN_PROP_GETAUTHSTRING_FUNCTION
> > AR_PLUGIN_PROP_GETUSERAUTHINFO_FUNCTION
> > AR_PLUGIN_PROP_REGISTERSIGNALHANDLER_FUNCTION
> > AR_PLUGIN_PROP_INITTLS_FUNCTION
> >
> > Wondering if anyone had experimented with these and could share their
> > comments.
> >
> > Axton Grams
> >
>
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