[Bug libstdc++/65142] std::random_device Ignores Read Return Code

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Tue Sep 15 11:44:00 GMT 2015


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65142

--- Comment #8 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Richard Biener from comment #7)
> If the user controls how the random file is opened (non-blocking or blocking)

They don't.

> then the behavior (whether to re-try on EINTR or short reads) should be
> controlled by that choice.  Starting to throw on users that don't expect that
> would be bad.

The function is specified to throw on error by the standard.



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