Re: srand

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On 01/29/2018 06:15 PM, G B wrote:
> Is there any significant difference between:
> 
> srand((unsigned) time(&t));
> 
> and
> 
> srand((int) time(null));

Well given "null" isn't defined, yes!

A less flippant answer is no, time(NULL) will return the same as 
time(&t).  I don't see the point of the casts (or why they are 
different), you may as well just write

srand(time(NULL));

--
Ian.

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