Index: libcfa/src/collections/string.cfa
===================================================================
--- libcfa/src/collections/string.cfa	(revision acafba41916e96551b7d30b440fed55088b0f712)
+++ libcfa/src/collections/string.cfa	(revision 1f10959b24503b04405e0b0b4143b2c7f494bbef)
@@ -149,5 +149,5 @@
 		cont = true;
 	} finally {
-		f.s = cstr;										// ok to initialize string
+        if ( ! cf.flags.ignore ) f.s = cstr;			// ok to initialize string
 	} // try
 	for ( ; cont; )  {									// overflow read ?
@@ -158,5 +158,5 @@
 			cont = true;								// continue not allowed
 		} finally {
-			f.s += cstr;								// build string chunk at a time
+			if ( ! cf.flags.ignore ) f.s += cstr;		// build string chunk at a time
 		} // try
 	} // for