Re: [Docutils-users] OT: DSV vs CSV

[Paul T. <pau...@gm...>]

On 10/17/11 6:49 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote:
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> This just pushes the need for standards back one step.
> One problem is dual standards for the decimal delimiters.
> Sooner or later something really bad will happen due to this.
> I urge and expect that scientific computing use only
> the decimal point standard.
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> And that CSV not be used to mean DSV, of course.
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That's just nonsense. Have you even ever worked with CSV? The rules are 
very simple, and nothing will break, which is why Python's parser, as 
well as implementations by OO an MS work just fine. You have zero basis 
in wanting the computer based community to use just commas for CSV.

Paul