--- stdcxx-4.2.1/include/rw/_stringio.cc	2008-04-24 20:23:43.000000000 -0400
+++ stdcxx-4.2.1/include/rw/_stringio.cc	2011-01-02 22:23:53.932233352 -0500
@@ -80,6 +80,23 @@
                     // find the delimeter in the squence if it exists, or
                     // get pointer to end of sequence
                     const _CharT* __pdel = __gptr;
+
+                   // if the first _CharT* is actually a delimiter or eof
+					// bail out of the outer loop and set ios::failbit or
+					// ios::eofbit
+					const _TYPENAME _Traits::int_type
+                        __c = _Traits::to_int_type(*__pdel);
+
+					if (_Traits::eq_int_type (__c, _Traits::eof ())) {
+                        __err = ios_base::eofbit;
+                        break;
+					}
+                    
+					if (__ctp.is (__ctp.space, *__pdel))
+                        break;
+                    
+					++__pdel;
+
                     for (/**/; __pdel != __egptr; ++__pdel) {
 
                         const _TYPENAME _Traits::int_type