Index: tests/io/.expect/manipulatorsInput.arm64.txt
===================================================================
--- tests/io/.expect/manipulatorsInput.arm64.txt	(revision 8cffa4f21ad8d447fa5f37d523e6acfb4906f3d0)
+++ tests/io/.expect/manipulatorsInput.arm64.txt	(revision 54e59dd2e6955d2e344a0130432fcbcf43dcb1ea)
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 pre1 "123456", canary ok
-pre2a "1234567", exception occurred, canary ok
-pre2b "89", canary ok
+pre2 "1234567", canary ok
+pre3a "1234567", exception occurred, canary ok
+pre3b "8", canary ok
+pre4a "1234567", exception occurred, canary ok
+pre4b "89", canary ok
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 2 abcxxx
Index: tests/io/.expect/manipulatorsInput.x64.txt
===================================================================
--- tests/io/.expect/manipulatorsInput.x64.txt	(revision 8cffa4f21ad8d447fa5f37d523e6acfb4906f3d0)
+++ tests/io/.expect/manipulatorsInput.x64.txt	(revision 54e59dd2e6955d2e344a0130432fcbcf43dcb1ea)
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 pre1 "123456", canary ok
-pre2a "1234567", exception occurred, canary ok
-pre2b "89", canary ok
+pre2 "1234567", canary ok
+pre3a "1234567", exception occurred, canary ok
+pre3b "8", canary ok
+pre4a "1234567", exception occurred, canary ok
+pre4b "89", canary ok
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 2 abcxxx
Index: tests/io/.expect/manipulatorsInput.x86.txt
===================================================================
--- tests/io/.expect/manipulatorsInput.x86.txt	(revision 8cffa4f21ad8d447fa5f37d523e6acfb4906f3d0)
+++ tests/io/.expect/manipulatorsInput.x86.txt	(revision 54e59dd2e6955d2e344a0130432fcbcf43dcb1ea)
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 pre1 "123456", canary ok
-pre2a "1234567", exception occurred, canary ok
-pre2b "89", canary ok
+pre2 "1234567", canary ok
+pre3a "1234567", exception occurred, canary ok
+pre3b "8", canary ok
+pre4a "1234567", exception occurred, canary ok
+pre4b "89", canary ok
 1 yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
 2 abcxxx
Index: tests/io/.in/manipulatorsInput.txt
===================================================================
--- tests/io/.in/manipulatorsInput.txt	(revision 8cffa4f21ad8d447fa5f37d523e6acfb4906f3d0)
+++ tests/io/.in/manipulatorsInput.txt	(revision 54e59dd2e6955d2e344a0130432fcbcf43dcb1ea)
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 123456
+1234567
+12345678
 123456789
 abc 
Index: tests/io/manipulatorsInput.cfa
===================================================================
--- tests/io/manipulatorsInput.cfa	(revision 8cffa4f21ad8d447fa5f37d523e6acfb4906f3d0)
+++ tests/io/manipulatorsInput.cfa	(revision 54e59dd2e6955d2e344a0130432fcbcf43dcb1ea)
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@
 		}
 
-		rep("pre1");
-		rep("pre2a");
-		rep("pre2b");
+		rep("pre1");	// 123456     |  123456
+		rep("pre2");	// 1234567    |  1234567
+		rep("pre3a");	// 12345678   |  1234567
+		rep("pre3b");	//            |  8
+		rep("pre4a");	// 123456789  |  1234567
+		rep("pre4b");   //            |  89
+
 		scanf("\n");  // next test does not start with %s so does not tolerate leading whitespace
 	}