[squeak-dev] readStream question

Why does

Not a bug. 

This is a bug however:

      'four' readStream isEmpty --> true

"Returns true if both the set of past and future sequence values of
the receiver are empty.
Otherwise returns false." (ANSI 5.9.1.3)

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 4:30 AM, James Foster <[hidden email]> wrote:


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On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Lukas Renggli <[hidden email]> wrote:
> This is a bug however:
>
>      'four' readStream isEmpty --> true
>
> "Returns true if both the set of past and future sequence values of
> the receiver are empty.
> Otherwise returns false." (ANSI 5.9.1.3)

The Squeak stream implementation is buggy and ugly. Nile is better and
does not have this particular bug :-).

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The amount, 5, IS larger than the number of objects, 4. So the result should be 'undefined', yet it returns the receiver, 'four'. And I don't believe the string 'four' has any 'future' of getting larger.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Daniel Klein <[hidden email]> wrote:
> The amount, 5, IS larger than the number of objects, 4. So the result should
> be 'undefined', yet it returns the receiver, 'four'. And I don't believe the
> string 'four' has any 'future' of getting larger.

In a standard (like the one James Foster quotes from), 'undefined'
means 'the value depends on the particular implementation you are
using, is not standardized, and can be anything ; you should not rely
on this'.



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