On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 08:58:25AM +0000, Ben Soares wrote: > Just yesterday I was attempting to process a MARC file from the National > Library of Scotland (I *think* they use UKMARC, which is sufficiently > close to MARC21 that I don't need to know :). The processing stopped > on record 9190 (of 113296) because of an alpha indicator (admittedly it > was an "o", and I suspect it was meant to be a 0, but I'm not sure > about that). > > I really think that this change, which involves typing in three more > characters into the code, is justified simply because it's part of the > specification. It's not some wacky idea someone's had that would be a > neat thing to do with a MARC record. Surely it is much better for the > code to cope with the spec when someone needs it, rather than that > person needing it first and having to wait for the development cycle? > I know I would have much rather my files processed properly yesterday > without me having to add to this thread!
OK, so somebody please: add it as a ticket to RT at rt.cpan.org alread ! :-) //Ed
