Hi, On 2018-02-25 20:37:49 +0100, Stéphane Bosio wrote: > the following can be read: > > -- Function: void mpz_rrandomb (mpz_t ROP, gmp_randstate_t STATE, > mp_bitcnt_t N) > Generate a random integer with long strings of zeros and ones in > the binary representation. Useful for testing functions and > algorithms, since this kind of random numbers have proven to be > more likely to trigger corner-case bugs. The random number > will be > in the range 2^N-1 to 2^N-1, inclusive. > > I'm pretty sure the intended range isn't 2^N-1 to 2^N-1, which is a single > number, not a range and not random at all.
This is a rendering bug in the info format. The first one should be 2^(N-1). -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) _______________________________________________ gmp-bugs mailing list gmp-bugs@gmplib.org https://gmplib.org/mailman/listinfo/gmp-bugs