--- a/Stream.st	Tue Apr 19 20:02:43 2016 +0200
+++ b/Stream.st	Tue Apr 19 20:15:12 2016 +0200
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@
      order, please use the corresponding xxxNet methods, which use a standard
      network byte order."
 
-    |val shift|
+    |val shift bytes|
 
     "claus: this method is central in binaryStorage -
      therefore it has been tuned a bit (and needs even more tuning)"
@@ -1359,29 +1359,36 @@
     numBytes == 8 ifTrue:[
         ^ self nextUnsignedInt64MSB:msbFlag
     ].
-
-    val := 0.
-    msbFlag ifTrue:[
-        numBytes timesRepeat:[
-            val := (val bitShift:8) + self nextByte
-        ].
-    ] ifFalse:[
-        shift := 0.
-        numBytes timesRepeat:[
-            val := val + (self nextByte bitShift:shift).
-            shift := shift + 8.
-        ].
-    ].
-    ^ val
+    "/ bytes
+    bytes := self nextBytes:numBytes.
+    ^ (LargeInteger digitBytes:bytes MSB:msbFlag) compressed
+    
+"/    val := 0.
+"/    msbFlag ifTrue:[
+"/        numBytes timesRepeat:[
+"/            val := (val bitShift:8) + self nextByte
+"/        ].
+"/    ] ifFalse:[
+"/        shift := 0.
+"/        numBytes timesRepeat:[
+"/            val := val + (self nextByte bitShift:shift).
+"/            shift := shift + 8.
+"/        ].
+"/    ].
+"/    ^ val
 
     "
      |s|
 
      s := #[ 16r01 16r02 16r03 16r04 16r05 ] readStream.
      (s nextUnsigned:3 MSB:true) hexPrintString.           
+     s := #[ 16r01 16r02 16r03 16r04 16r05 16r06 16r07 16r08 16r09 ] readStream.
+     (s nextUnsigned:9 MSB:true) hexPrintString.           
 
      s := #[ 16r01 16r02 16r03 16r04 16r05 ] readStream.
      (s nextUnsigned:3 MSB:false) hexPrintString.      
+     s := #[ 16r01 16r02 16r03 16r04 16r05 16r06 16r07 16r08 16r09 ] readStream.
+     (s nextUnsigned:9 MSB:false) hexPrintString.      
     "
 !