See the discussion starting at:

http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2005-April/090957.html

Cheers,
   - Andreas

Benjamin Pollack wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm working with the BTree package (avi.67) and have noticed that
> BTree>>testStringKeys fails consistently on 3.8/3.9, while it succeeds
> consistently on 3.7. The exact failure point varies randomly, but the
> symptom is consistent: keys are sorted properly by content, but
> reverse by length (e.g., 'aa' comes before 'a', but both would come
> before 'ab'). I'm pretty confident that the problem's due to the
> String changes, but beyond that I'm stuck. Any ideas on what might be
> happening?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --Benjamin
> 
>