Re: File_CSV as standalone package?
| From: | Richard Heyes | 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
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