On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 4:25 PM, A.J. Rossini <blindgl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 2:50 AM, Faré <fah...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'd like to invite you to join me in this effort. >> Whichever libraries you use or maintain, >> please partake in this consolidation effort. > > As discussed, am looking at the data importers ((text)-file or system > to CL array, i.e. the prototypical CSV to CL-array importer), and > would be happy to work with others who want to take a lead on this > topic (I'm aware of 5-6 blog posts over the past few years to review > as part of due diligence, and 5+ different systems which range from > simple importers to a bit more sophisticated state machine parsers...) > > I eventually need something like a unified version of R's foreign > package (unified with the other data importer and exporter packages), > but of course, need to start somewhere, and somewhere is with CSV, > TSV, and similiar delimiter-separated-values (DSV). > Speaking of CSV, a few years back I reviewed the existing offering and beefed up my fare-csv library which was lagging behind so it was better than all other available CSV libraries (at the time): fare-csv can be configured to be compliant with at least two conflicting CSV standards, and more, and by default follows the more relaxed "Creativyst" specification.
I haven't followed recent developments, but there as in other cases, someone who actually develops or uses these libraries should drive a consolidation. —♯ƒ • François-René ÐVB Rideau •Reflection&Cybernethics• http://fare.tunes.org You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it for himself. — attributed to Galileo Galilei _______________________________________________ pro mailing list pro@common-lisp.net http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro