--- a/ShortFloat.st	Wed Apr 20 20:11:13 2016 +0100
+++ b/ShortFloat.st	Thu Apr 21 07:59:19 2016 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-"{ Encoding: utf8 }"
-
 "
  COPYRIGHT (c) 1996 by Claus Gittinger
 	      All Rights Reserved
@@ -348,6 +346,7 @@
     ^ Epsilon
 ! !
 
+
 !ShortFloat class methodsFor:'binary storage'!
 
 readBinaryIEEESingleFrom:aStream
@@ -384,22 +383,22 @@
     "Modified: / 23-08-2006 / 16:01:47 / cg"
 !
 
-readBinaryIEEESingleFrom:aStream into:aFloat
+readBinaryIEEESingleFrom:aStream into:aBasicNewShortFloat
     "read a float value from the binary stream, aStream,
      interpreting the next bytes as an IEEE formatted 4-byte float.
      The bytes are read in the native byte order (i.e.lsb on intel)"
 
-    ^ self readBinaryIEEESingleFrom:aStream into:aFloat MSB:(UninterpretedBytes isBigEndian)
+    ^ self readBinaryIEEESingleFrom:aStream into:aBasicNewShortFloat MSB:(UninterpretedBytes isBigEndian)
 
     "Modified: / 23-08-2006 / 16:01:52 / cg"
 !
 
-readBinaryIEEESingleFrom:aStream into:aFloat MSB:msb
+readBinaryIEEESingleFrom:aStream into:aBasicNewShortFloat MSB:msb
     "read a float value from the binary stream, aStream,
      interpreting the next bytes as an IEEE formatted 4-byte float.
      If msb is true, the stream bytes are most-significant-first."
 
-    aFloat class == self ifFalse:[self error:'no a ShortFloat'].
+    aBasicNewShortFloat class == self ifFalse:[self error:'no a ShortFloat'].
 
     "
      this implementation is wrong: does not work on non-IEEE machines
@@ -409,14 +408,14 @@
     self isIEEEFormat ifFalse:[self error:'unsupported operation'].
 
     (UninterpretedBytes isBigEndian == msb) ifFalse:[
-	"swap the bytes"
-	4 to:1 by:-1 do:[:i |
-	    aFloat basicAt:i put:(aStream next)
-	].
-	^ self
+        "swap the bytes"
+        4 to:1 by:-1 do:[:i |
+            aBasicNewShortFloat basicAt:i put:(aStream next)
+        ].
+        ^ self
     ].
     1 to:4 do:[:i |
-	aFloat basicAt:i put:aStream next
+        aBasicNewShortFloat basicAt:i put:aStream next
     ]
 
     "not part of libboss, as this is also used by others (TIFFReader)"