On 2013-02-20, at 08:05, Camillo Bruni <camillobr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> No, Squeak has (since 2005) had still another behaviour:
>>
>> ';;;;' subStrings: ';'
>> '1;2;3' subStrings: ';' #('1' '2' '3')
>>
>> (Note the ';' rather than $;, because Squeak's version takes a String
>> of separators.)
>
> so yes, exactly the same as in Pharo.
> => we inherited it from Squeak!
> => subStrings: only works with Characters
Strings of course, #subStrings: works only with Strings
> => #splitOn: does it with both and yields more predictable results!
>
> (';;;;' splitOn: $;) = (';;;;' splitOn: ';') = an OrderedCollection('' '' ''
> '' '')
