13 Dec
2001
13 Dec
'01
12:41 a.m.
Martin Liddle wrote:
What should the trim function do? It seems to me that under gpc it removes trailing spaces from a string. Under Delphi it removes leading and trailing spaces. Unfortunately I don't have any Turbo Pascal documentation to hand (I assume trim is a Borlandism).
Nope, it's EP (6.7.6.7), and the correct behaviour is indeed to remove only trailing spaces.
Since it's only a built-in function, not a keyword, it's easy to overload it in a Delphi compatibility unit if someone wants Delphi's incorrect behaviour ...
Frank
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