cplusplus / cplusplus/draft

`badbit` not properly qualified as `ios_base::badbit`

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Description

    I wonder why we just say `badbit` here not `ios_base::badbit`. It's pre-existing though.

See https://github.com/cplusplus/draft/pull/5991#discussion_r1044421297 and https://github.com/cplusplus/draft/pull/5991#discussion_r1044431915.

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Start by reviewing the two discussion links from pull request 5991, then search the draft sources for the unqualified badbit occurrence. Done means the affected reference uses ios_base::badbit consistently and the relevant document output remains correct.

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