Re: 'strcat' is broken (spaces are ignored) in octave-3.6.2 ?

[Sergei Steshenko]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> Cc: Carnë Draug <address@hidden>; octave help mailing list <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 9:35 PM
> Subject: Re: 'strcat' is broken (spaces are ignored) in octave-3.6.2 ?
> 
> 
> On Jun 28, 2012, at 2:14 PM, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> 
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>  From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
>>>  To: Carnë Draug <address@hidden>
>>>  Cc: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>; octave help mailing 
> list <address@hidden>
>>>  Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:58 PM
>>>  Subject: Re: 'strcat' is broken (spaces are ignored) in 
> octave-3.6.2 ?
[snip]
> 
> hmmm .... for "foo " the whitespace is trailing. For "   " 
> the whitespace is leading *and* trailing.
> 
> Ben
>

So, which of the "leading", "trailing" the end user should choose reading the 
text ?

Regards,
  Sergei.