On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:01:52 +0400, Manfred Nowak <svv1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Georg Wrede wrote: > >> because to do anything useful with a string, you have to strip the >> terminator > > This is false in case of simple copying. And I doubt, that for more > complex operations splitting `readln' into `readlnBody' and > `readlnEOL' and calling them intermittent would be of any benefit. > > -manfred > Tango does the best by having an optional parameter that denotes whether a line ending needs to be retained.