Re: [PATCH] Improve mutt's random data generator.

On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 09:28 +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:

>>>  if (res < length_requested)
>>>  {
>>>    length_requested -= res;
>>>    random_bytes += res;
>>>  }
>>
>>I hope that code is not executed if the return value is -1.
>
>Yup.  That's exactly what I meant by making the code clearer.  If res 
>is type size_t, then it can't be -1 in that comparison.

I'm asking: is that code executed when the return value is -1? If not, 
then we don't have to care whether it works in that error case.