# HG changeset patch
# User Claus Gittinger <cg@exept.de>
# Date 1373128994 -7200
# Node ID 9a4e6bbb20d5a80fbfca8f7b6d81c181c22e56c9
# Parent  7f6fdc8ff911a272ec4924a2155543e164a93628
class: FileStream
comment/format in: #documentation

diff -r 7f6fdc8ff911 -r 9a4e6bbb20d5 FileStream.st
--- a/FileStream.st	Sat Jul 06 18:40:00 2013 +0200
+++ b/FileStream.st	Sat Jul 06 18:43:14 2013 +0200
@@ -226,21 +226,23 @@
     positioning a file stream.
     For example, poor VMS does not allow positioning onto arbitrary
     byte boundaries if the file is a variable-record-RMS file.
-    (stupid enough, this is the default for textfiles as created by
-     some tools ...)
+    (stupid enough, this is the default for textfiles as created by some tools ...)
     Therefore, the instance variable canPosition is set according to
     this and an error is raised, if a position: is attemted.
     I know, this is ugly, but what else could we do ?
+    Late note: who cares for VMS these days? 
+               (and how much useless effort has been put in the past, 
+                to support lousy operating systems?)
 
     [instance variables:]
-	pathName        <String>        the files path (if known)
-	canPosition     <Boolean>       positionable - read above comment
+        pathName        <String>        the files path (if known)
+        canPosition     <Boolean>       positionable - read above comment
 
     [author:]
-	Claus Gittinger
+        Claus Gittinger
 
     [see also:]
-	Filename DirectoryStream PipeStream Socket
+        Filename DirectoryStream PipeStream Socket
 "
 !
 
@@ -1974,11 +1976,11 @@
 !FileStream class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/FileStream.st,v 1.161 2013-07-06 16:40:00 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/FileStream.st,v 1.162 2013-07-06 16:43:14 cg Exp $'
 !
 
 version_CVS
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/FileStream.st,v 1.161 2013-07-06 16:40:00 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/FileStream.st,v 1.162 2013-07-06 16:43:14 cg Exp $'
 ! !