basic_ios::fail() question

[Ryszard Kabatek]

The basic_ios::fail() member function returns true if the eofbit
or the failbit is set.                                    ------

 bool fail () const { return (rdstate () & (eofbit | failbit)) != 0; }

Why the eofbit? I would expect the badbit instead.
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 bool fail () const { return (rdstate () & (badbit | failbit)) != 0; }


Ryszard Kabatek
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