On 21 November 2011 10:06, <michael.vancann...@wisa.be> wrote: > > > On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > > On 2011-11-21 11:17, michael.vancanneyt@w..... wrote: >> >>> Where in the Delphi documentation does it mention that? I couldn't find >>>> any such reference in the Delphi 7 docs, and I thought FPC implements >>>> behaviour based on documented behaviour, not implementation behaviour? >>>> >>> >>> Sure. See the 'CommaText' help. >>> >> >> Sure, that is the help for CommaText, not the help for Delimiter or >> DelimitedText. In the latter documentation it makes no mention of SDF >> (System Data Format) format usage - which apparently has the Comma or >> Space character requirement. >> >> DelimitedText docs say: "individual strings are separated by the >> character specified by the Delimiter property." >> >> I guess this boils down to the interpretation of the Delphi >> documentation then. >> > > In my opinion, the Delphi documentation is quite explicit: > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ----------- > When writing DelimitedText, individual strings must be separated using > QuoteChar at both ends, using Delimiter as a separator, or using both these > methods. > > Note: CommaText is the same as the DelimitedText property when Delimiter > is ',' and QuoteChar is '"'. > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ----------- > > The first paragraph indicate that in fact you should always use " around > your > values. > > And the last sentence should prompt anyone to go and read the CommaText > docs. > > This is one of the things concocted to make life difficult for programmers[?]. In my view if the docs are not explicit about space being treated specially, then it shouldn't be treated specially, but such are the conventions in the programming world.
> But we're not here to discuss the merits/disadvantages of the Delphi docs > :-) > > Michael. > > ______________________________**_________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - > fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.**org<fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> > http://lists.freepascal.org/**mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal<http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal> > -- Frank Church ======================= http://devblog.brahmancreations.com
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