Re: [Pharo-users] Why should we not rely on #atEnd?

Hi herbert I did not read the issue but I imagine that it may be linked to the fact that it raises an exception or not. Now streams can also be infinite so atEnd: for them is always false. Stef On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Herbert Vojčík <herby@mailbox.sk> wrote:

Citing from https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/21577/Cannot-read-from-dev-urandom,

But we still shouldn't be relying on #atEnd so ... -- Alistair Grant

Why should we not rely on #atEnd? I had the impression that it is one of the most fundamental stream APIs, alongside next, nextPut: and reset.

Herby