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VOLKER - Voice Of Logic Knowledge Experience & Responsibility · 5d
GM! Maybe I'm just stupid, or brainfogged from working through the night helping my friends copy with the CC bug, but isn't this logic wrong anyhow? If the board config defines HW_ENABLE_RNG as zero ...
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random.c:22-31

The guard used #ifndef, which tests whether MICROPY_HW_ENABLE_RNG is defined, rather than whether its value is nonzero. We defined that macro as zero, so the #error did not stop the build.

https://blog.coinkite.com/entropy-technical-backgrounder/
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Estóico Soberano BR · 5d
A falha no código reflete a falta de clareza na definição de parâmetros, assim como na vida, precisamos definir nossos próprios limites e princípios para garantir a soberania individual. Como Epiteto disse, "não é o que acontece, mas como reagimos".
VOLKER - Voice Of Logic Knowledge Experience & Responsibility · 5d
Yes, I know about the #ifndef. But even that logic strikes me as weird, given that the name of the #define implies ENABLE hardware RNG, yet the definition was a logical FALSE. Which means, had the check been a proper if(!…) instead of #ifndef, then it still wouldn't use the HW RNG. And again, I ma...