Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > "John Machin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 8<------------ nice explanation of quoting problems ------------- > >> (2) A field containing an odd number of " characters (or more >> generally, not meeting whatever quoting convention might be expected >> in the underlying data) should be treated with suspicion. > > How does one program to treat something with suspicion? > > My stuff tends to either accept or reject... > > This reminds me (for no discernible reason) of the word > "eschew", and of an illustration in a Goon author's book > of someone eschewing an architectural example with a > pocket sized eschewing instrument - a "pocket eschewer". > (He is shown peering at it through the eyepiece) > > Maybe such fields should be eschewed instead. > Would we do that with esteeth?
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