P4037R1 — Supporting signed char and unsigned char in random number generation
Jan Schultke
LWG
Revisions R1Apr 2026R0Apr 2026
Support for `unsigned char` and `signed char` in distributions would be useful. The ability to generate random bytes or octets is extremely valuable for [fuzz testing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzing). For example, when testing an implementation of an [LZ77 or LZ78](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ77_and_LZ78) compression algorithm, a user would typically