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Avoid leading zeroes on internally generated random seeds, _just_ in
case they confuse anyone who expects the same seed without the
leading zero to be equivalent.

[originally from svn r5838]

--- a/midend.c

+++ b/midend.c

@@ -135,11 +135,16 @@

             /*

              * Generate a new random seed. 15 digits comes to about

              * 48 bits, which should be more than enough.

+             * 

+             * I'll avoid putting a leading zero on the number,

+             * just in case it confuses anybody who thinks it's

+             * processed as an integer rather than a string.

              */

             char newseed[16];

             int i;

             newseed[15] = '\0';

-            for (i = 0; i < 15; i++)

+            newseed[0] = '1' + random_upto(me->random, 9);

+            for (i = 1; i < 15; i++)

                 newseed[i] = '0' + random_upto(me->random, 10);

             sfree(me->seedstr);

             me->seedstr = dupstr(newseed);