The bug has been fixed upstream now. Looks like the problem was indeed with the memory stream implementation. Since it's in CVS, I presume it'll take the next minor release. (?) Thanks, -- Eray (exa) Ozkural Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara e-mail: erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo