--- a/ReadStream.st	Mon Jul 11 09:18:21 2016 +0100
+++ b/ReadStream.st	Mon Jul 11 09:20:09 2016 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-"{ Encoding: utf8 }"
-
 "
  COPYRIGHT (c) 1988 by Claus Gittinger
 	      All Rights Reserved
@@ -99,6 +97,7 @@
     "Modified: / 12-09-2010 / 13:06:09 / Jan Vrany <jan.vrany@fit.cvut.cz>"
 ! !
 
+
 !ReadStream methodsFor:'converting'!
 
 readStream
@@ -561,23 +560,18 @@
      - tuned for speed on String-Streams for faster scanning"
 
 %{  /* NOCONTEXT */
-    OBJ coll, l, p;
-
-    coll = __INST(collection);
-    p = __INST(position);
-    l = __INST(readLimit);
+    OBJ coll = __INST(collection);
+    OBJ p = __INST(position);
+    OBJ l = __INST(readLimit);
 
     if (__isStringLike(coll) && __bothSmallInteger(p, l)) {
-	REGISTER INT pos;
-	unsigned ch;
+        REGISTER INT pos  = __intVal(p) + 1;
 
-	pos = __intVal(p);
-	pos++;
-	if ((pos > 0) && (pos < __intVal(l)) && (pos < __stringSize(coll))) {
-	    ch = __stringVal(coll)[pos];
-	    __INST(position) = __mkSmallInteger(pos);
-	    RETURN ( __MKCHARACTER(ch) );
-	}
+        if ((pos > 0) && (pos < __intVal(l)) && (pos < __stringSize(coll))) {
+            unsigned int ch = __stringVal(coll)[pos];
+            __INST(position) = __mkSmallInteger(pos);
+            RETURN ( __MKCHARACTER(ch) );
+        }
     }
 %}.
     (position >= readLimit) ifTrue:[^ self pastEndRead].
@@ -586,6 +580,32 @@
     ^ collection at:(position + 1)
 !
 
+nextPeekOrNil
+    "advance read pointer return the peek element.
+     this is equivalent to (self next; peekOrNil).
+     - tuned for speed on String-Streams for faster scanning"
+
+%{  /* NOCONTEXT */
+    OBJ coll = __INST(collection);
+    OBJ p = __INST(position);
+    OBJ l = __INST(readLimit);
+
+    if (__isStringLike(coll) && __bothSmallInteger(p, l)) {
+        REGISTER INT pos  = __intVal(p) + 1;
+
+        if ((pos > 0) && (pos < __intVal(l)) && (pos < __stringSize(coll))) {
+            unsigned int ch = __stringVal(coll)[pos];
+            __INST(position) = __mkSmallInteger(pos);
+            RETURN ( __MKCHARACTER(ch) );
+        }
+    }
+%}.
+    (position >= readLimit) ifTrue:[^ nil].
+    position := position + 1.
+    (position >= readLimit) ifTrue:[^ nil].
+    ^ collection at:(position + 1)
+!
+
 nextUnicode16CharacterMSB:msb
     ^ Character value:(self nextUnsignedInt16MSB:msb)