When you submit the form, the value is presented with debug_dump(), so strings are quoted and array values listed.

:
: - Stop the submitted form from bring processed
: - Don't process the form, redirect to another page (e.g. login after session timeout), and remember the values for when they return.

or back to examples 

<?php
	$field = new form_field_text($form, 'Name');
	$field->min_length_set('Your name is required.');
	$field->max_length_set('Your name cannot be longer than XXX characters.', 15);
?>