Re: Deutschland-Stack
Hraban Ramm <[email protected]>
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Am 22.03.26 um 19:11 schrieb luigi scarso: > > While other "acronyms" seem reasonable, in > JSON, XML und CSV als Datenformate, > CSV should be deprecated. I understand that many use CSV and that, if > implemented correctly, it doesn't cause problems, > but it's precisely the "correct" implementation that has become > difficult to find. > I would propose the ucsv format, Unicode Controls Separated Values, > where fields are separated by 001F (insteead of ',') and records by > 001E (instead of newline) > or alternatively 241F and 241E. These characters should not appear in > the text, to make the parser very simple. > > (Even better would be Sqlite As An Application File Format > https://www.sqlite.org/appfileformat.html > but that's just my opinion.) Binary formats are never a solution for simple requirements. CSV is simple and doesn’t need special input methods for uncommon characters. It’s not about parsability / machine readability, but also about human editability. Hraban ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________