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### 62. `Sync`'s return value

Section: 31.7.5.4 [istream.unformatted] Status: TC1 Submitter: Matt Austern Opened: 1998-08-06 Last modified: 2016-01-28

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

The Effects clause for sync() (27.6.1.3, paragraph 36) says that it "calls rdbuf()->pubsync() and, if that function returns -1 ... returns traits::eof()."

That looks suspicious, because traits::eof() is of type traits::int_type while the return type of sync() is int.

Proposed resolution:

In 31.7.5.4 [istream.unformatted], paragraph 36, change "returns `traits::eof()`" to "returns `-1`".