Hi Bruce,

2016-07-27 2:44 GMT+02:00 Bruce Evans <b...@optusnet.com.au>:
> This might work here since the type is unsigned, but it wouldn't work to
> change from int to long.

Yes. That's a pretty good remark. What makes this pretty safe in this
case is that srandom() discard the top bits anyway. The first thing it
does is cast the argument to an uint32_t, so even if we didn't
properly zero/size extend this, it wouldn't end up being used.

Best regards,
-- 
Ed Schouten <e...@nuxi.nl>
Nuxi, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
KvK-nr.: 62051717
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