Stef,

> Sorry so then what do you suggest?
> Is this a bug in boris changes?

Well, yes, though I would prefer to categorize it as "too little of a good thing".  In particular, I maintain that both of the following:

'hello' readStream next:20.

| in |
in := 'hello' readStream.
20 timesRepeat:[ in next ].

should signal an error, with #nextAvailable: (an implementation of which for socket streams is on SM) to handle the case which one is willing to accept fewer than the requested number of objects from the stream.

Bill




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