[GHC] #2470: read for StdGen fails for arbitrary string

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#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 guest):

 igloo:  would it be appropriate to document the "read 6 characters"?  Just
 a final thought.  At a minimum, my interpretation of the phrase "using
 different strings is likely to result in different generators" is strongly
 violated by a dependency on the first six characters, unless that's
 documented.

 No worries either way.

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