GMP 6.1.0 release candidate available

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2015-10-30 10:49:57 +0100, paul zimmermann wrote:
> static mp_limb_t
> random_limb (void)
> {
>   /* lrand48() only gives 31 bits */
> #if GMP_NUMB_BITS == 32
>   return lrand48 () + (lrand48 () << 31);

If you want it to be uniformly distributed, you should remove the
case where lrand48() gives 2^31.

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