On 11/11/2023 10:50 AM, Allen, Norton T. via Cygwin wrote:
[snip]
The srand function is not required to avoid data races with other
calls to pseudo-random sequence generation functions. ..."
That is not the same as "... required never to avoid data races ...".
"not required" means the sentence is not specifying--not requiring--any
behavior, so you should not depend on the described behaviors.
[snip]
The elided part on Bruno's message is:
"The implementation shall behave as if no library function calls the
rand function."
Which is the point Bruno is making with the sample code.
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