On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Kyle R. Burton <kyle.bur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> When I say that it supports the RFC I mean that the library should be >> able to read any file that follows that standard. It might (and it >> does) read files that do not follow the standard. Here are some >> examples: >> >> 1) quotes can appear anywhere, not only as the first and last >> character in a cell. >> 2) records can be of different length. >> 3) any character can be used as quote or separator. >> 4) The problem you raised, i.e., that the file might end in a "quoted" >> state and still be read without exceptions. >> >> I'll consider adding a :strict flag which would throw an exception for >> points 2 and 4. However, I don't want to sacrifice performance since I >> consider that to be the most important feature in any csv reading >> library (people often have Gb+ sized csv files). > > I appreciate your needs, mine differ a bit, in some circumstances I > want strictness for the format. Ideally for my own use cases I'd like > to be able to know about or reject the entire file if #4 occurs, but > allow #2. I'd imagine adding in the additional logic will have some > impact on performance.
Checking #4 wouldn't have a performance hit, so I'll probably add that. I have to think about the other points. > > Regarding performance, have you considered adding a benchmarking > harness to the project? Yes, I have thought about it. It would be fun to compare cljcsv, clojure-csv, OpenCSV and SuperCSV (are there others?). I have looked into it a bit, and if my measurements are correct it's faster than clojure-csv and within 10% of OpenCSV. > > Thank you for publishing the library. > Thanks for showing interest! Jonas > > Regards, > > Kyle > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
