When did Pos become PosEx?

[Angus Robertson 577]

To save me looking at lots of old compilers, does anyone know in which version of Delphi that Pos got an extra argument to become equivalent to PosEx in D2007?  Hopefully D2009?

 

Angus

 

[Bill Meyer 337]

Can't tell you when it was added, but it is present in D2007.

Edited June 26, 2020 by Bill Meyer

[Angus Robertson 577]

PosEx was available in Delphi 2007, but became obsolete in XE3 when Pos got a third offset argument. 

 

function Pos(const SubStr, Str: UnicodeString; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer;

 

Abgus

 

[Stefan Glienke 2019]

Delphi XE3 because I have this code in Spring.pas:

{$IFNDEF DELPHIXE3_UP}
function Pos(const SubStr, Str: UnicodeString; Offset: Integer): Integer;
asm
  jmp PosEx
end;
{$ENDIF}

 

[Remy Lebeau 1436]

5 hours ago, Angus Robertson said:

PosEx was available in Delphi 2007

PosEx() was introduced in Delphi 7.

5 hours ago, Angus Robertson said:

but became obsolete in XE3 when Pos got a third offset argument. 

Confirmed.  The Offset parameter is not present in Pos() in XE2, but is present in XE3.

 

[Bill Meyer 337]

12 hours ago, Angus Robertson said:

PosEx was available in Delphi 2007, but became obsolete in XE3 when Pos got a third offset argument. 

 

function Pos(const SubStr, Str: UnicodeString; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer;

In D2007, I have the Offset argument.

[Remy Lebeau 1436]

On 6/26/2020 at 6:34 PM, Bill Meyer said:

In D2007, I have the Offset argument.

In D2007, there is no Offset parameter in Pos(), only in PosEx().  Here are the declarations from D2007:

 

System.pas

function Pos(const substr, str: AnsiString): Integer; overload;
function Pos(const substr, str: WideString): Integer; overload;

StrUtils.pas

function PosEx(const SubStr, S: string; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer;

For comparison, here are the declarations from XE2, before the Offset parameter was added to Pos():

 

System.pas

function Pos(const SubStr, Str: ShortString): Integer; overload;
function Pos(const SubStr, Str: UnicodeString): Integer; overload;
function Pos(const SubStr, Str: WideString): Integer; overload;
function Pos(const SubStr, Str: RawByteString): Integer; overload;

System.StrUtils.pas

function PosEx(const SubStr, S: string; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer; overload;

System.AnsiStrings.pas

function PosEx(const SubStr, S: AnsiString; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer; overload;

And here are the declarations from XE3, when the Offset parameter was added to Pos():

 

System.pas

function Pos(const SubStr, Str: _ShortStr; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer; overload;
function Pos(const SubStr, Str: UnicodeString; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer; overload;
function Pos(const SubStr, Str: _WideStr; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer; overload;
function Pos(const SubStr, Str: _RawByteStr; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer; overload;

System.StrUtils.pas

function PosEx(const SubStr, S: string; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer; inline; overload;

System.AnsiStrings.pas

function PosEx(const SubStr, S: AnsiString; Offset: Integer = 1): Integer; inline; overload;

 

Edited June 29, 2020 by Remy Lebeau

[Bill Meyer 337]

12 minutes ago, Remy Lebeau said:

In D2007, there is no Offset parameter in Pos(), only in PosEx().  Here are the declarations from D2007:

You are correct, of course. I think I copied that from help, though. Should have checked more closely.