Hi
I just read the implementation of the RAND_load_file function. I realized,
that the random file is opened with mode "r". This means:
If t or b is not given in mode, the default translation mode is defined by
the global variable _fmode. The default setting of _fmode is _O_TEXT, for
text-mode translation. Open in text (translated) mode. In this mode, CTRL+Z
is interpreted as an end-of-file character on input.
This means, whenever a CTRL+Z is found during the load process of the
random file the function returns. The amount of random bytes read is the
amount of characters before the occurring of CTRL+Z. That's certainly not
my understanding of how to use a random file.
Is there a reason, it was done like this ?
Cheers
Markus
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