why does RAND_add() take "randomness" as a "double"?

[Dennis Clarke]

On 5/21/19 3:27 PM, Salz, Rich via openssl-users wrote:
>>     If it's a sarcasm, I'm missing the point.
>    
> I was't being sarcastic, I was trying to show that the team, recently, still liked the use of floating point.
> 
>>     There are use cases when one wants to mix/add extra randomness from, e.g., an external source (that, for whatever reasons, is trusted more than what's provided by the system).
>   
> Then just set it to 1.0 and be done with it.
>          

External 300 baud serial attached coin flipper also works well.


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