--- a/UIPainterView.st	Mon Oct 11 17:55:21 1999 +0200
+++ b/UIPainterView.st	Mon Oct 18 19:08:12 1999 +0200
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@
         "/ go through subviews and let them resize to their default/preferred
         "/ needed if we change a containers layout from fit to non-fit.
 
-        aView subViews do:[:aSubView |
+        (aView subViews ? #()) do:[:aSubView |
             |fix spec prop|
 
             (prop := self propertyOfView:aSubView) notNil ifTrue:[