changeset 8388:e0c0247dca19

(Frandom): Handle LIMIT >= 40000000.

--- a/src/fns.c	Sat Jul 30 21:11:00 1994 +0000
+++ b/src/fns.c	Sat Jul 30 21:17:41 1994 +0000
@@ -64,17 +64,23 @@
     srandom (getpid () + time (0));
   if (XTYPE (limit) == Lisp_Int && XINT (limit) > 0)
     {
-      /* Try to take our random number from the higher bits of VAL,
-	 not the lower, since (says Gentzel) the low bits of `random'
-	 are less random than the higher ones.  We do this by using the
-	 quotient rather than the remainder.  At the high end of the RNG
-	 it's possible to get a quotient larger than limit; discarding
-	 these values eliminates the bias that would otherwise appear
-	 when using a large limit.  */
-      denominator = (unsigned long)0x40000000 / XFASTINT (limit);
-      do
-	val = (random () & 0x3fffffff) / denominator;
-      while (val >= limit);
+      if (XINT (limit) >= 0x40000000)
+	/* This case may occur on 64-bit machines.  */
+	val = random () % XINT (limit);
+      else
+	{
+	  /* Try to take our random number from the higher bits of VAL,
+	     not the lower, since (says Gentzel) the low bits of `random'
+	     are less random than the higher ones.  We do this by using the
+	     quotient rather than the remainder.  At the high end of the RNG
+	     it's possible to get a quotient larger than limit; discarding
+	     these values eliminates the bias that would otherwise appear
+	     when using a large limit.  */
+	  denominator = (unsigned long)0x40000000 / XFASTINT (limit);
+	  do
+	    val = (random () & 0x3fffffff) / denominator;
+	  while (val >= limit);
+	}
     }
   else
     val = random ();