The analyzer has detected suspicious code initializing the pseudorandom number generator to a constant value.
// C
srand(0);
// C++
std::mt19937 engine(1);When initialized in such a way, the generator will be producing a predictable sequence of numbers or the same number at every run.
To avoid this, assign the seed to some random number such as the current system time:
srand(time(0));However, this approach may lead to issues in multithreaded applications: 'time(0)' may return identical values in different threads. Also, keep in mind that the user could change the time settings.
Starting with C++11, the 'std::random_device' generator is available, which implements an interface to the true-random number generator:
std::random_device rd;
std::mt19937 engine(rd());However, if your system lacks such a generator, the regular pseudorandom number generator will be used.
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