[sr #105800] Random number generator builtin

[anonymous]

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                 Summary: Random number generator builtin
                 Project: GNU M4
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Friday 03/16/2007 at 07:15 UTC
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: None

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Details:

m4 lacks a random number generator builtin. I think it would be great if such
builtin existed. Currently I use something like:
dnl random(num): Evaluates to a random number from range 0..num-1.
define([random],[eval(esyscmd(printf $RANDOM) % $1)])dnl




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