2014-03-28 15:15 GMT+01:00 Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 5:09 AM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > 2014-03-27 17:28 GMT+01:00 sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: > > > > > On 27 March 2014 15:49, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > FYI: > > > > > > > > Has anyone seen this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://ronaldduncan.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/text-file-formats-ascii-delimited-text-not-csv-or-tab-delimited-text/ > > > > > > > > It actually makes sense. Good luck editing such files though... > > > > > > Yes, how is one supposed to create them? > > > > > > I think those ASCII characters were used quite a lot in the early days > > > of teletypes which had the appropriate keys. > > > Also they were used in some serial line protocols. > > > > > > But of course once people needed to send binary data, escape codes or > > > encoding had to be used. > > > > > > > I wonder if we should add a built-in format for this format? > > > > > > Are there (m)any files that use the format? > > > > > > Otherwise why bother ... > > > > > > > I don't see this as a requirement for 1.0. Additional formats can easily > > added in 1.1. Or does the API have to be changed to include this format? > > > > > IMO, this can be implemented now with a custom CSVFormat like any other > format. > > The min level question is whether *we* should include a CSVFormat.ASCII > constant. >
not in 1.0 > > The max level question is, as outlined in the blog, because that makes > processing simpler, we should refactor our code to know about certain kinds > of format where escaping is superfluous. This refactoring could require > visible changes, or not, who knows. > since nobody know, I'll say release early, release often. We'll find out after 1.0. > > But this is not 1.0 blocker. > Agreed. > > Gary > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > -- > > > > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > > > > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition< > > > http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > > > > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > > > > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > > > > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > > > > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > > > > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://people.apache.org/~britter/ > > http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ > > http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter > > http://github.com/britter > > > > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition< > http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > -- http://people.apache.org/~britter/ http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter http://github.com/britter
