in reply to The future of Text::CSV_XS - TODO

News from the trenches: a new attribute strict_eol will be available in the next release:


strict_eol

my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ strict_eol => 1 }); $csv->strict_eol (0); my $f = $csv->strict_eol;

If this attribute is set to 0, no EOL consistency checks are done.

If this attribute is set to 1, any row that parses with a EOL other than the EOL from the first row will cause a warning.
The error will be ignored and parsing continues. This warning is only thrown once. Note that in data with various different
line endings, \r\r will still throw an error that cannot be ignored.

If this attribute is set to 2 or higher, any row that parses with a EOL other than the EOL from the first row will cause
error 2016 to be thrown. The line being parsed to this error might not be stored in the result.


Any feedback welcome ...


The function (method) csv () will use the warning level by default.

There are still some edge-cases that might need a change, but the basics have settled.

Als always, you can get a pre-release from github.

1,A,Ape\r\n 2,B,Bear\r\n 3,C,Canary\n <-- will warn with error 2016

Edge case example:

1,A,Ape\r\n 2,B,Bear\r\n 3,C,Canary\r\r\n <-- will warn with error 2016 but also might not ret +urn an empty row

The edge cases could also be considered "wrong" in all previous releases, and when strict_eol is disabled,
the behavior should be as before.

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Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn