diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17
--- LCSIO.h	6 Dec 2006 19:09:18 -0000	1.16
+++ LCSIO.h	2 Feb 2007 09:07:56 -0000	1.17
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@

 
 
 #define LCSIO_READ( rec, pnt ) status = LCSIO::read( (rec), (pnt)  ); if( !(status & 1) ) return status;

+#define LCSIO_READ_LEN( rec, pnt , len ) status = LCSIO::read( (rec), (pnt) , (len)  ); if( !(status & 1) ) return status;

 
 #define LCSIO_WRITE( rec, pnt ) status = LCSIO::write( (rec), (pnt)  ); if( !(status & 1) ) return status;
 

@@ -46,8 +47,9 @@

     /** Read a string from the stream into a dummy buffer. 
      * Warning the same buffer is used for each call.
      * So the return value needs to be copied to its final memory destination.

+     * len holds the length of the string (can contain '\0').

      */

-    static unsigned int read( SIO_stream* stream ,char** c ) ;

+    static unsigned int read( SIO_stream* stream ,char** c , int* len=0) ;

 
 //     /** This version checks the versionId to be able to read 'old' files with 
 //      * trailing '\00' (version <= 00-02).

diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15
--- LCSIO.cc	6 Dec 2006 19:09:19 -0000	1.14
+++ LCSIO.cc	2 Feb 2007 09:07:56 -0000	1.15
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@

 #include <cctype>
 #include "Exceptions.h"
 

+#include <iostream>
+

 using namespace EVENT ;
 
 namespace SIO {

@@ -59,12 +61,12 @@

     
 //   }
   

-  unsigned int LCSIO::read( SIO_stream* stream ,char** c){

+  unsigned int LCSIO::read( SIO_stream* stream ,char** c, int* len){

     
     int status ;
     int strLen ;
     status = SIO_functions::data( stream ,  &strLen  , 1  ) ;

-    

+

     if( !( status & 1 ) ) return status ;
     
     // make sure our string buffer is large enough 

@@ -80,9 +82,10 @@

     dummy[ strLen ] = '\0' ; // still needed for char* ...
     
     *c = dummy  ;

-    

+    if(len!=0) 
+      *len = strLen ;
+

     return status ;

-    

   }
   
 unsigned int LCSIO::write( SIO_stream* stream , int i){

diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- SIOStrVecHandler.cc	15 Apr 2005 08:37:50 -0000	1.4
+++ SIOStrVecHandler.cc	2 Feb 2007 09:07:56 -0000	1.5
@@ -29,8 +29,14 @@

     //    char* x = new char*[]( nElements ) ;
     for(int i=0;i<nElements;i++){
       char* x ;

-      LCSIO_READ( stream , &x ) ;
-      vec->push_back( x ) ;

+      int len ;
+      LCSIO_READ_LEN( stream , &x , &len) ;
+
+      //      vec->push_back( x ) ;
+      vec->resize( vec->size() + 1 ) ;
+      vec->back().resize(len) ;
+      memcpy( &(vec->back()[0]) , x , len ) ;
+

     }
 
     if( _vers > SIO_VERSION_ENCODE( 1, 2)   ) {