Index: libcfa/src/collections/string_res.cfa
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--- libcfa/src/collections/string_res.cfa	(revision 211def2deb11c8023a27b456a18e3b3aa6f53f7e)
+++ libcfa/src/collections/string_res.cfa	(revision 77bc259656cfdb32b4198ee5ed2ec89eec5ec78b)
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 // Created On       : Fri Sep 03 11:00:00 2021
 // Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Wed Feb  7 22:21:33 2024
-// Update Count     : 81
+// Last Modified On : Sat Feb 10 17:47:22 2024
+// Update Count     : 83
 //
 
@@ -252,12 +252,11 @@
 
 ifstream & ?|?( ifstream & is, _Istream_Rquoted f ) with( f.rstr ) {
+	if ( eof( is ) ) throwResume ExceptionInst( missing_data );
 	int args;
   fini: {
-		args = fmt( is, "%*[ \f\n\r\t\v]" );			// remove leading whitespace
-	  if ( eof( is ) ) break fini;
-		char rfmt[4] = { delimiters[0], '%', 'n', '\0' };
-		int len = 0;									// may not be set in fmt
-		args = fmt( is, rfmt, &len );					// remove leading quote
-	  if ( len == 0 || eof( is ) ) break fini;
+		char rfmt[5] = { ' ', delimiters[0], '%', 'n', '\0' };
+		int len = -1;									// may not be set in fmt
+		args = fmt( is, rfmt, &len );					// remove leading whitespace and quote
+	  if ( eof( is ) || len == -1 ) break fini;
 
 		// Change the remainder of the read into a getline by reseting the closing delimiter.