--- a/FileStream.st	Wed Feb 15 12:29:34 1995 +0100
+++ b/FileStream.st	Thu Feb 16 03:58:55 1995 +0100
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 ExternalStream subclass:#FileStream
        instanceVariableNames:'pathName'
-       classVariableNames:'OpenErrorSignal'
+       classVariableNames:''
        poolDictionaries:''
        category:'Streams-External'
 !
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 COPYRIGHT (c) 1989 by Claus Gittinger
 	      All Rights Reserved
 
-$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/FileStream.st,v 1.19 1995-02-15 10:22:03 claus Exp $
+$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/FileStream.st,v 1.20 1995-02-16 02:58:34 claus Exp $
 '!
 
 !FileStream class methodsFor:'documentation'!
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 version
 "
-$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/FileStream.st,v 1.19 1995-02-15 10:22:03 claus Exp $
+$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/FileStream.st,v 1.20 1995-02-16 02:58:34 claus Exp $
 "
 !
 
@@ -98,18 +98,6 @@
 %}
 ! !
 
-!FileStream class methodsFor:'initialization'!
-
-initialize
-    OpenErrorSignal isNil ifTrue:[
-	super initialize.
-
-	OpenErrorSignal := StreamErrorSignal newSignalMayProceed:true.
-	OpenErrorSignal nameClass:self message:#openErrorSignal.
-	OpenErrorSignal notifierString:'open error'.
-    ].
-! !
-
 !FileStream class methodsFor:'instance creation'!
 
 newFileNamed:filename
@@ -285,22 +273,16 @@
 
 !FileStream methodsFor:'error handling'!
 
-errorOpen
-    "report an error, that the stream is already opened"
-
-    ^ StreamErrorSignal
-	raiseRequestWith:self
-	errorString:(self class name , ' is already open')
-!
-
 openError
     "report an error, that file open failed"
 
+    "/
+    "/ for now, do not raise any signal (see super>>openError).
+    "/ Its not yet handled anywhere. Instead, senders of open
+    "/ check for nil return value (which is a historic leftover)
+    "/
     LastErrorNumber := lastErrorNumber.
-^nil.
-    ^ OpenErrorSignal
-	raiseRequestWith:self
-	errorString:('error on open: ' , self lastErrorString)
+    ^ nil.
 ! !
 
 !FileStream methodsFor:'accessing'!
@@ -397,29 +379,27 @@
     FILE *f;
     OBJ path;
 
-    if (_INST(filePointer) == nil) {
-	path = _INST(pathName);
-	if (_isNonNilObject(path) && (_qClass(path)==String)) {
-	    do {
+    path = _INST(pathName);
+    if (_isNonNilObject(path) && (_qClass(path)==String)) {
+	do {
 #ifdef LINUX
-		/* LINUX returns a non-NULL f even when interrupted */
-		errno = 0;
-		f = (FILE *) fopen((char *) _stringVal(path), (char *) _stringVal(openmode));
-		if (errno == EINTR)
-		    f = NULL;
+	    /* LINUX returns a non-NULL f even when interrupted */
+	    errno = 0;
+	    f = (FILE *) fopen((char *) _stringVal(path), (char *) _stringVal(openmode));
+	    if (errno == EINTR)
+		f = NULL;
 #else
 
-		f = (FILE *) fopen((char *) _stringVal(path), (char *) _stringVal(openmode));
+	    f = (FILE *) fopen((char *) _stringVal(path), (char *) _stringVal(openmode));
 #endif
-	    } while ((f == NULL) && (errno == EINTR));
-	    if (f == NULL) {
-		_INST(lastErrorNumber) = _MKSMALLINT(errno);
-		_INST(position) = nil;
-	    } else {
-		_INST(filePointer) = MKOBJ((int)f);
-		_INST(position) = _MKSMALLINT(1);
-		retVal = self;
-	    }
+	} while ((f == NULL) && (errno == EINTR));
+	if (f == NULL) {
+	    _INST(lastErrorNumber) = _MKSMALLINT(errno);
+	    _INST(position) = nil;
+	} else {
+	    _INST(filePointer) = MKOBJ((int)f);
+	    _INST(position) = _MKSMALLINT(1);
+	    retVal = self;
 	}
     }
 %}.
@@ -427,7 +407,12 @@
 	buffered := true.       "default is buffered"
 	Lobby register:self
     ].
-    lastErrorNumber notNil ifTrue:[^ self openError].
+    lastErrorNumber notNil ifTrue:[
+	"
+	 the open failed for some reason ...
+	"
+	^ self openError
+    ].
     ^ retVal
 !
 
@@ -502,7 +487,7 @@
 	filePointer isNil ifTrue:[
 	    "this happens, if after a restart, the file is no longer accessable ..."
 
-	    ('could not reopen file: ', pathName) errorPrintNewline.
+	    ('could not reopen file: ', pathName) errorPrintNL.
 	] ifFalse:[
 	    self position:oldPos.
 	]