drand48 give segfault

[useruseruser]

Hi,

I'm trying to use the function drand48, but when I call it, it causes a segmentation fault.

I do put in the top of my source file:

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#define _XOPEN_SOURCE
#include <stdlib.h>

And I do call

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srand48(long_int_var);

before calling drand48.

Calling the function rand (after srand) is also causing segmentation fault.

I'm starting to think it's a problem with the Raspberry Pi, or with my version of the C standard lib.

[AndyD]

It works for me using both gcc (4.9.2) and clang (3.5.0+rp1) using the following code.

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#define _XOPEN_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
    long int seed = 0xDEADBEEF;

    srand48(seed);

    printf("%f\n", drand48());

    return 0;
}

[jahboater]

Works with gcc 5.3 on a Pi2.
Is your program multi-threaded by any chance?

[useruseruser]

Thank you both.

Yes, it is multi-threaded ATM. However, I'll have to remove the threads anyway. Does that have anything to do with it? I mean, I know srand48 has to be called for every thread, but this segfault occurs in the main thread, before any other thread is created.

[useruseruser]

I just removed the threads and now it works! TY!

[jahboater]

Most pseudo rng's save the state between calls in static memory.
Glad it works now!