[fpc-pascal] TMaskUtils.ValidateInput function: how is it supposed to behave?

[Luiz Americo Pereira Camara]

2016-04-18 13:47 GMT-03:00 Bart <bartjunk64 at gmail.com>:

[..]

> The internal processing of the (edit)mask is the same as TMaskEdit.
> If that is broken somehow, it is also broken in TMaskEdit.
>
> The only functions that may need adjustments are
>
> * function FormatMaskText(const EditMask: string; const AValue: string):
> string;
> * function FormatMaskInput(const EditMask: string): string;
> * function MaskDoFormatText(const EditMask: string; const AValue: string;
>                    ASpaceChar: Char): string;
> * function TMaskUtils.TryValidateInput(out ValidatedString: String):
> Boolean;
>
> But since there is no real documentation and there is no test suite,
> it's hard to tell if they do not function as they should or introduce
> regressions.
>
>
I propose to write a test suite first with the desired output, based on
Delphi.

Given that the implementation becomes a detail, subject to changes in
future.

I can take the duty of starting, just need to know the format. fpcunit or
plain tests like most fpc tests?

Luiz
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