Talk:Random Numbers

void * casting hack?

The thing about casting to void* and using "%p" just to print an unsigned long in hex seemed a little odd to me. Am I missing something as to why "0x%lx" isn't a viable option?

--Ppelleti 03:00, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Is RAND_poll part of the public API?

I have removed the question about whether RAND_poll is considered part of the public API. The "rand" module contains two header files: rand.h and rand_locl.h. The first becomes part of the deployment when you install OpenSSL, whilst the latter does not. This is a common theme throughout the library. Basically anything in the *_locl.h header files should be considered private to the library, whilst anything that gets deployed should be considered part of the public API. Since RAND_poll is in rand.h (which gets deployed during installation) it should be considered part of the public API.

--Matt 12:26, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Should we be promoting a commercial company?

I am a little concerned about the link to entropykey. Should we be promoting a commercial company? Whilst the text reads fine at the moment it could be the "thin end of the wedge". This is a wiki after all. What's to stop other companies coming along and adding links to their products? How will we then decide which edits are ok, and which not? We don't want the page degenerating into a long list of products. Should we not have a policy of "no commerical endorsements"?

--Matt 12:33, 9 March 2013 (UTC)