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Re: [ddlm-group] Removing comma from non-delimited strings
- To: Group finalising DDLm and associated dictionaries <ddlm-group@iucr.org>
- Subject: Re: [ddlm-group] Removing comma from non-delimited strings
- From: "Herbert J. Bernstein" <yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:57:41 -0400
- In-Reply-To: <BANLkTim-Hve+-7rtd8BXJ7983Z+PnOCS7A@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <BANLkTim-Hve+-7rtd8BXJ7983Z+PnOCS7A@mail.gmail.com>
I agree -- Herbert At 4:49 PM +1000 4/28/11, James Hester wrote: >Dear DDLm group, > >As foreshadowed in the comma-as-list-delimiter discussion, I would >like to suggest adding comma to the list of disallowed characters in >non-delimited text strings, for the following reasons: > >(1) This will improve human readability inside lists if the data value >contains commas, for example: > >_my_numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] > >is a single-element list although it will appear to be a 7 element >list to all but a CIF2 expert. > >(2) Robust CIF2 programs can interpret commas as list delimiters >without danger of misinterpretation. >-- >T +61 (02) 9717 9907 >F +61 (02) 9717 3145 >M +61 (04) 0249 4148 >_______________________________________________ >ddlm-group mailing list >ddlm-group@iucr.org >http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group -- ===================================================== Herbert J. Bernstein, Professor of Computer Science Dowling College, Kramer Science Center, KSC 121 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY, 11769 +1-631-244-3035 yaya@dowling.edu ===================================================== _______________________________________________ ddlm-group mailing list ddlm-group@iucr.org http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group
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