[Bug libstdc++/65142] std::random_device Ignores Read Return Code
redi at gcc dot gnu.org
gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
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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