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From: Mirsad Todorovac
Subject: `Val' function problems
Date: 16 Aug 2003, 11:50:34

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Frank Heckenbach wrote:

> Mirsad Todorovac wrote:
>
> > I was thinking about how having the sane part of string converted and
> > stored could provide extra functionality - that would add a means for the
> > function to be used in i.e. numerical expressions parsing at little extra
> > cost, since the number appears to be already converted (the right
> > value appears in `x' in the case of only one invalid char).
> >
> > Of course, provided that this is what we want. We could OTOH want either
> > completely 'clean' string or nothing.
> >
> > I can't tell the number of program's that do rely on BP or Delphi `Val'
> > undocumented behavior.
> >
> > Frank?
>
> As I said, I'd prefer to leave it undefined (and document it as
> undefined), unless we hear of a definitive behaviour of some other
> relevant compiler.

OK.

Mirsad

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