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Re: CIF2 syntax document for COMCIFS approval
- To: "Discussion list of the IUCr Committee for the Maintenance of the CIFStandard (COMCIFS)" <comcifs@iucr.org>
- Subject: Re: CIF2 syntax document for COMCIFS approval
- From: "Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve" <rwgk@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:52:42 -0800 (PST)
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Dear Herb, > Without the treble quotes, the new quoting syntax leaves such > large gaps in the handling of existing data sets, I would then > have to change my vote to "no". Personally, I would prefer > to simply adopt the python quoting syntax in its entirety including > both unicode and raw string support, but I cannot see that > happening Why is this seen as a big problem? It has already been solved by many people many times. I'd be happy to refer directly to Python in the CIF2 specification, in its entirety (but of course only for the new triple-quoted strings to preserve backward compatibility). That would solve all practical issues with one sentence. Later, in case of doubt about technical details, we can simply look at the Python implementation. The Python implementation is mature and time tested. I think most people will be far less surprised if we adopt the Python semantics instead of making a mistake. Ralf
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