End the string when the file has been exhausted

gulopine · Oct 6, 2013 · d8b6927 · d8b6927
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commit d8b6927
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/steel/fields/strings.py b/steel/fields/strings.py
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ def read(self, file):
             value = b''
             while True:
                 data = file.read(1)
-                value += data
-                if data == self.terminator:
+                if data:
+                    value += data
+                    if data == self.terminator:
+                        break
+                else:
                     break
 
         return value