#2470: read for StdGen fails for arbitrary string
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: libraries/random | Version: 6.8.3
Severity: normal | Resolution: invalid
Keywords: StdGen read | Difficulty: Unknown
Testcase: | Architecture: x86
Os: Windows |
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Comment (by ross):
Replying to [comment:2 igloo]:
> Strings that are the result of showing a StdGen work fine as part of
structures [...]
>
> For reading a random string you can use `reads` to avoid the exception.
The description quoted in the bug report, including "It guarantees to
succeed on any string" is in the Haskell 98 Report. Not implementing that
would be a bug, wouldn't it?
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