Re: File_CSV as standalone package?

From: Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:20:13 +0000
Subject: Re: File_CSV as standalone package?
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Marshall Roch <marshall@exclupen.com> wrote: > I posted this to pear-dev, but wanted to make sure you saw it. Let me > (and the list) know. I have no problem with this at all, though like Tomas, I don't have the time currently. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: File_CSV as standalone package? > Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 01:46:07 -0400 > From: Marshall Roch <pear-dev@exclupen.com> > To: pear-dev <pear-dev@lists.php.net> > > Currently, the File package contains support for CSV parsing. I'd like > to see this moved to its own package, because it really doesn't look > like it belongs there: > > 1) File_CSV doesn't sound like it fits with File's description: "File > provides an easy interface to PHP's builtin file and directory > functions, plus some functions to deal with paths." > > 2) File is in the File System category, while File_CSV should be in File > Formats. > > 3) The only way you'd know it's there is if you happened to stumble > across it in CVS or caught the very short mention of it in the package > description. > > It looks like File_CSV as a separate class would need to depend on File, > so this would be more of an organizational change than a code > improvement/fix. > > What do you think? Cheers. -- Richard Heyes _________________________________________________________ This mail sent using V-webmail - http://www.v-webmail.org

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