---- Reported by lastfuture@lastfuture.de 2003-12-07 16:25:05 MST ----

Description of Problem:

\b as the escape symbol for backspace does not work in a Console.WriteLine
when being positioned in the end of the string.

Steps to reproduce the problem:

Console.WriteLine("Backspace\b");
Console.Write("Backspace\b");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Backspace\b ");

Actual Results:

Backspace
Backspac
Backspac

Expected Results:

Backspac
Backspac
Backspac

How often does this happen? 

Always

Additional Information:

It is not just cosmetical but can get nasty if for example output of one
program has to be parsed by another program. The error is not mono
specific, but also reproducable in .NET, thus probably being a
specification bug.
Not sure if it should be fixed, that would lose .NET compatibility. I have
not filed a bug report at microsoft.



---- Additional Comments From vargaz@freemail.hu 2003-12-09 08:27:00 MST ----

Backspace is defined in most systems as 'replace the character before
the backspace with the character after the backspace'. This means that
if the backspace is followed by a newline, it has no effect. It works
this way in C (printf), python, MS.NET etc. So this is not a bug.




---- Additional Comments From lastfuture@lastfuture.de 2003-12-09 10:16:55 MST ----

I see your point, however I fail to understand why it is that way...

if a backspace replaces the character before it with the character
after it, shouldn't "hello\b\n" replace the "o" with the linefeed,
thus erasing it?

does it exclude format effectors? if yes, why?


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