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authorJeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>2001-10-19 03:40:19 (GMT)
committerJeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>2001-10-19 03:40:19 (GMT)
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Add entry for RAND_xxx() functions in socket module.
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@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ Extension modules
second parameter to decompress() that specifies the maximum amount
of memory to use for the uncompressed data.
+- optional SSL support in the socket module now exports OpenSSL
+ functions RAND_add(), RAND_egd(), and RAND_status(). These calls
+ are useful on platforms like Solaris where OpenSSL does not
+ automatically seed its PRNG.
+
Library
- doctest now excludes functions and classes not defined by the module