-/* Learn from "file" the largest line length (pointed to by "linemax_p"; length
- * includes newline chars) and (pointed to by "n_lines_p" if it is not set to
- * NULL) the number of lines (= number of newline chars).
- *
- * Returns 0 on success, 1 on error of fseek() (called to return to initial file
- * reading position).
+/* Return 16-bit number pseudo-randomly generated via Linear Congruential
+ * Generator algorithm with some proven constants. Use instead of rand() to
+ * ensure portability of the same pseudo-randomness across systems.
+ */
+extern uint16_t rrand();
+
+/* Wrappers to malloc(), calloc() from function called "f" calling exit_err()
+ * with trouble_msg() error message if necessary.