[Help-smalltalk] HTTPClient bug (gst 2.1.2)

[Chao-Kuo Lin]

Hi!
  I have attemped to run the following code:

PackageLoader fileInPackage: 'NetClients'!

NetClients.HTTP.HTTPClient
  exampleURL: 'http://www.gnu.org'
  host: 'www.gnu.org'
  port: 80!

and I got "error: Invalid argument nil: must be a Character".
After a bit of tracing, I think that it's probably related to
the fill block being used by the socket's read buffer when calling
  FileDescriptor>>#read:numBytes:

The following is the detailed transcript and stack dump when I run the
above code:

Loading package TCP
Loading Buffers.st
Loading Datagram.st
Loading SocketAddress.st
Loading AbstractSocketImpl.st
"Scavenging... 70% reclaimed, done"
Loading IPSocketImpl.st
Loading Sockets.st
Loading Tests.st
Loading cfuncs.st
"Scavenging... 53% reclaimed, done"
Loading init.st
Loading package SUnit
SUnitTest->13 run, 13 passed, 0 failed, 0 errors
"Scavenging... 56% reclaimed, done"
"Scavenging... 43% reclaimed, done"
"Scavenging... 43% reclaimed, done"
TestSuitesScriptTest->10 run, 10 passed, 0 failed, 0 errors
Loading package NetClients
"Scavenging... 59% reclaimed, done"
"Scavenging... 35% reclaimed, done"
"Scavenging... 30% reclaimed, done"
Recompiling classes...
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' error: Invalid argument nil: must be a Character
SystemExceptions.WrongClass(Exception)>>#signal
SystemExceptions.WrongClass class>>#signalOn:mustBe:
SystemExceptions.WrongClass class>>#signalOn:mustBe:
String>>#at:put:
TCP.ReadBuffer(Stream)>>#next:
TCP.Socket>>#next:
[] in NetClients.HTTP.HTTPProtocolInterpreter>>#readResponseInto:
BlockClosure>>#whileFalse:
NetClients.HTTP.HTTPProtocolInterpreter>>#readResponseInto:
NetClients.HTTP.HTTPProtocolInterpreter>>#get:requestHeaders:into:
NetClients.HTTP.HTTPClient>>#get:requestHeaders:into:
[] in NetClients.HTTP.HTTPClient class>>#exampleURL:host:port:
BlockClosure>>#ensure:
NetClients.HTTP.HTTPClient class>>#exampleURL:host:port:
UndefinedObject>>#executeStatements