Hi. A basic question I hope someone can answer. This works:

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| stream aInt |

stream := (String new:20) writeStream.

aInt := 23.

(aInt storeOn:stream) = (aInt class readFrom:(stream contents))

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This doesn���t (generates an error):

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| stream aTime |

stream := (String new:20) writeStream.

aTime := Time now.

(aTime storeOn:stream) = (aTime class readFrom:(stream contents))

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To the question then. Assuming the second case isn���t wrong in some fashion I don���t understand, is it the case that storeOn:/readFrom: is supposed to be symmetrical for all classes? I ask it that way because there are a couple of Kernel classes where I���ve seen this to not be the case.

TIA,

���Rick