--- a/Float.st	Wed Apr 20 11:28:01 2016 +0200
+++ b/Float.st	Wed Apr 20 11:30:45 2016 +0200
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@
     ^ Epsilon
 ! !
 
+
 !Float class methodsFor:'binary storage'!
 
 readBinaryIEEEDoubleFrom:aStream
@@ -529,12 +530,12 @@
     "not part of libboss, as this is also used by others (TIFFReader)"
 !
 
-readBinaryIEEEDoubleFrom:aStream into:aFloat
+readBinaryIEEEDoubleFrom:aStream into:aBasicNewFloat
     "read the receiver's value from the binary stream, aStream,
      interpreting the next bytes as an IEEE formatted 8-byte float.
      The bytes are read in the native byte order (i.e.lsb on intel)"
 
-    ^ self readBinaryIEEEDoubleFrom:aStream into:aFloat MSB:(UninterpretedBytes isBigEndian)
+    ^ self readBinaryIEEEDoubleFrom:aStream into:aBasicNewFloat MSB:(UninterpretedBytes isBigEndian)
 !
 
 readBinaryIEEEDoubleFrom:aStream into:aFloat MSB:msb
@@ -777,7 +778,6 @@
     "
 ! !
 
-
 !Float class methodsFor:'queries'!
 
 exponentCharacter
@@ -843,7 +843,6 @@
     ^ 2 "must be careful here, whenever ST/X is used on VAX or a 370"
 ! !
 
-
 !Float methodsFor:'arithmetic'!
 
 * aNumber
@@ -2359,7 +2358,6 @@
     "
 ! !
 
-
 !Float methodsFor:'testing'!
 
 isFinite