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Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 08:47:22 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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On Wed, 25 May 2022 14:45:37 +0000
Mattias R=C3=B6nnblom <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com> wrote:

> I would call it something else than "float", in particular since it=20
> doesn't return "float" but a "double" type floating point value.
>=20
> rte_drand() maybe? Short, but might be confused with rte_rand(), given=20
> the visual similarity. I still I would still prefer that over=20
> rte_rand_double().

The corresponding standard library routine is drand48().
With that convention it would be rte_drand().