--- a/Context.st	Wed Dec 12 23:58:30 2012 +0100
+++ b/Context.st	Wed Dec 12 23:59:00 2012 +0100
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@
     s isNil ifTrue:[
         ^ '**************** nil displayString of ',(someObject class name ? '??')
     ].
-    s bitsPerCharacter > 8 ifTrue:[
+    s isWideString ifTrue:[
         "make sure that the object really returns something we can stream into a string"
         s := someObject storeString.
     ].
@@ -2463,11 +2463,11 @@
 !Context class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Context.st,v 1.177 2012-11-24 12:52:13 stefan Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Context.st,v 1.178 2012-12-12 22:59:00 stefan Exp $'
 !
 
 version_CVS
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Context.st,v 1.177 2012-11-24 12:52:13 stefan Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Context.st,v 1.178 2012-12-12 22:59:00 stefan Exp $'
 !
 
 version_SVN