[Bug-gsl] alternatives to gsl_rng_fwrite

[Brian Austin]

Hi,

I'd like to request an alternative to the gsl_rng_fwrite mechanism for
storing the rng state.
There are two aspects that I'd would like to change.

1. Write the rng state in a non-binary format so that I can read it on
a different computer from where I wrote it.

2. Write the rng state to a string instead of a file.
This will give user more freedom to format the file.
For example, I'd like to store a set of rng states in the nodes of an xml file.

What are your opinions about this proposal?
I will volunteer to code these if you agree that these are valuable additions.

Thanks,
Brian