At 22:26 17.05.2000 -0400, Bob Arning wrote:
>As a slight modification, I would suggest
>[...]
>         position >= readLimit
>                 ifTrue: [^EndOfStream signal]
>                 ifFalse: [^collection at: (position _ position + 1)]
>
>This change allows the exception to be caught and a different value returned.

Thanks again, Bob, for the guidance.  I herewith repost the updated 
changeset, with "RAA" in the appropriate spots (for credit), and an [ENH] 
tag for wider (and automatic) attention.

Should be a useful modification to the mainstream (2.8a/2.9a, whatever), 
it's included in the BhrXmlParser distribution as well.

 From the preamble:

Change Set:     EOS
Date:           18 May 2000
Author: Helge Horch
Requires:       Squeak 2.8a

Modifies ReadStream>>next to signal an Error (EndOfStream) on attempts to 
read at or beyond the end of the stream.  Thanks to Bob Arning (who is 
silently credited in the stamps <g>), existing applications relying on 
seeing nils should not be affected.

Cheers,
Helge
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