[fpc-pascal] Is there a bug in TStrings.Delimiter handling?

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:

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> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Frank Church wrote:
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>> adapterVals: TStringList
>> 
>> adapterVals.Delimiter := ';';
>> adapterVals.DelimitedText := '192.168.1.2,00:0E:08:E0:7C:ED,Word Space';
>> adapterVals[0] = '192.168.1.2'
>> adapterVals[1] = '00:0E:08:E0:7C:ED'
>> adapterVals[2] = 'Word' - this should be 'Word Space'
>> 
>> Is this a bug or the expected output? If the delimiter is set to a comma it
>> shouldn't treat a space as a delimter as well.
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> A space is always treated special.
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> You should either enclose values with spaces in quotes, or set the
> StrinctDelimiter property to true, in which case the space loses its special 
> meaning.

Typo, should be StrictDelimiter, of course.

Michael.