AppleSoft: INPUT Statement Documentation Error

The 'BASIC Programming with ProDOS' manual, published by Addison-Wesley, (service part number 030-1119) has an Appendix B which, among other things, lists changes made to AppleSoft.
On page 218, the manual has inaccurate information concerning changes made to the AppleSoft INPUT statement:

"The AppleSoft INPUT command has been made more useful. This command always reads an entire line of text from a file. As before, multiple variables in an INPUT statement are assigned strings of characters that are separated by commas in the input string. When you use ProDOS, the last variable in the INPUT list is assigned all the remaining characters in the line, including commas and colons. This means that you can now use a single INPUT statement, such as 10 INPUT XX$, to read any arbitrary string of characters."

This paragraph is incorrect. The feature mentioned was considered but not implemented due to compatibility problems.
Published Date: Feb 18, 2012