Index: tests/collections/.expect/string-istream.txt
===================================================================
--- tests/collections/.expect/string-istream.txt	(revision 8d96dee307a922ed57d62c8c2b069bd0bcf23dc5)
+++ tests/collections/.expect/string-istream.txt	(revision 8d96dee307a922ed57d62c8c2b069bd0bcf23dc5)
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+The
+quick
+brown
+fox
+jumps
+over...the
+lazy
+dog.
+=
+The
+-
+quick
+--
+brown
+---
+fox
+----
+jumps
+-----
+over...the
+------
+lazy
+-------
+dog.
+--------
+white-box-use-up-1000-char-heap-with-each-320-char-line5678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
+---------
+01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
+----------
+01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
+-----------
+01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
+------------
+=
+The
+-
+quick
+--
+brown
+---
+fox
+----
+jumps
+-----
+over...the
+------
+lazy
+-------
+dog.
+--------
Index: tests/collections/.in/string-istream.txt
===================================================================
--- tests/collections/.in/string-istream.txt	(revision 8d96dee307a922ed57d62c8c2b069bd0bcf23dc5)
+++ tests/collections/.in/string-istream.txt	(revision 8d96dee307a922ed57d62c8c2b069bd0bcf23dc5)
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+The quick  brown
+
+fox
+ jumps
+ 
+over...the
+	lazy
+	
+dog.
+=
+The quick  brown
+
+fox
+ jumps
+ 
+over...the
+	lazy
+	
+dog.
+white-box-use-up-1000-char-heap-with-each-320-char-line5678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
+01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
+01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
+01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
+=
+The quick  brown
+
+fox
+ jumps
+ 
+over...the
+	lazy
+	
+dog.
+=
Index: tests/collections/string-istream.cfa
===================================================================
--- tests/collections/string-istream.cfa	(revision 8d96dee307a922ed57d62c8c2b069bd0bcf23dc5)
+++ tests/collections/string-istream.cfa	(revision 8d96dee307a922ed57d62c8c2b069bd0bcf23dc5)
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#include <iostream.hfa>
+#include <containers/string.hfa>
+#include <containers/string_res.hfa>
+
+
+void istream_cstr(void) {
+    char s1[999], s2[999], s3[999], si[999];
+    sin | wdi(999,s1) | wdi(999,s2) | wdi(999,s3);
+    sout | s1;
+    sout | s2;
+    sout | s3;
+    for(;;) {
+        sin | wdi(999,si);
+      if (si[0] == '=') break;
+        sout | si;
+    }
+}
+
+string accumulator;
+
+void reset_otherStringAction(void) {
+    accumulator = "";
+}
+void step_otherStringAction(void) {
+    string localAction = "--";
+    accumulator += localAction(0,1);
+    sout | accumulator;
+}
+
+void istream_string_res(void) {
+    string_res s1, s2, s3, si;
+    sin | s1 | s2 | s3;
+    sout | s1;        step_otherStringAction();
+    sout | s2;        step_otherStringAction();
+    sout | s3;        step_otherStringAction();
+    for(;;) {
+        sin | si;
+      if (size(si) > 0 && si[0] == '=') break;
+        sout | si;    step_otherStringAction();
+    }
+}
+
+void istream_string(void) {
+    string s1, s2, s3, si;
+    sin | s1 | s2 | s3;
+    sout | s1;        step_otherStringAction();
+    sout | s2;        step_otherStringAction();
+    sout | s3;        step_otherStringAction();
+    for(;;) {
+        sin | si;
+      if (size(si) > 0 && si[0] == '=') break;
+        sout | si;    step_otherStringAction();
+    }
+}
+
+
+int main() {
+    istream_cstr();         sout | "=";
+    istream_string_res();   sout | "=";  reset_otherStringAction();
+    istream_string();
+}