diff --git a/mrw/stdext.cpp b/mrw/stdext.cpp
index 2936dd9..65775ed 100644
--- a/mrw/stdext.cpp
+++ b/mrw/stdext.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     @license LGPL, see file <a href="license.html">COPYING</a>
 
     $Log$
+    Revision 1.2  2004/12/14 20:21:21  marc
+    bugfix, now it works for empty lines
+
     Revision 1.1  2004/10/13 11:18:33  marc
     getline reads a whole line from a stream
 
@@ -18,15 +21,8 @@
 #include <stdext.hpp>
 
 std::string mrw::getline(std::istream& is, char d) {
-  char buf[255];
-  char c;
   std::string s;
-  do {
-    if (is && is.get(buf, 255, d)) {
-      s += buf;
-      if (is.get(c) && c!=d) s+=c;
-    }
-  } while (is.good() && !is.eof() && c!=d);
+  mrw::getline(is, s, d);
   return s;
 }
 
@@ -35,8 +31,9 @@ std::istream& mrw::getline(std::istream& is, std::string& s, char d) {
   char c;
   s.clear();
   do {
-    if (is && is.get(buf, 255, d)) {
-      s += buf;
+    if (is) {
+      if (is.get(buf, 255, d)) s += buf;
+      is.clear(); // is.get fails if line is empty
       if (is.get(c) && c!=d) s+=c;
     }
   } while (is.good() && !is.eof() && c!=d);