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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

    Tom> Actually the odds are far better than that.  If the range is
    Tom> 2^31-1 then only about 2^-16th of the outputs should be less
    Tom> than 2^15.  So ten probes gives you a failure probability of
    Tom> about 2^-160 not 2^-10.

Oops, 2^16 != 2^32 / 2.

So a dynamic test is not only possible but wouldn't cost to much at
configure time.

roland
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