# ticket:268

extend Stream

	def readBytes(len as int) as uint8[]
		bytes = uint8[](len)
		.read(bytes, 0, len)  # was generating a false error about needing `out` for first argument
		return bytes


class Foo

	def main
		ms = MemoryStream(1024)
		data = Encoding.utf8.getBytes('foobar')
		ms.write(data, 0, data.length)

		outputData = uint8[](3)
		
		ms.seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin)
		ms.read(outputData, 0, outputData.length)
		s = Encoding.utf8.getString(outputData, 0, outputData.length)
		assert s == 'foo'

		ms.seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin)
		outputData = ms.readBytes(3)
		s = Encoding.utf8.getString(outputData, 0, outputData.length)
		assert s == 'foo'