On Fri, 22 May 1998, Markus Isler wrote:
> 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 ?
No, this would be called a bug.
I spent too much time in the sane world without binrary/text file modes.
eric
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