From 65edf30ef0f8d553051f6618f6f5bc67c9170011 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Turner <lefticus@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:45:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix regression in parsing of empty file. Visible in windows
 debug mode, but probably affects all platforms.

---
 include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
index 9573b766..91b172e7 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+
 #include <chaiscript/language/chaiscript_prelude.hpp>
 #include <chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp>
 
@@ -499,10 +500,15 @@ namespace chaiscript
       infile.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
 
       assert(size >= 0);
-      std::vector<char> v(static_cast<unsigned int>(size));
-      infile.read(&v[0], size);
 
-      return std::string(v.begin(), v.end());
+      if (size == std::streampos(0))
+      {
+        return std::string();
+      } else {
+        std::vector<char> v(static_cast<unsigned int>(size));
+        infile.read(&v[0], size);
+        return std::string(v.begin(), v.end());
+      }
     }
 
     /**