Handling of final delimter (was Re: "this me"?)

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Sun Aug 11 22:31:06 EDT 2013


On 8/11/13 8:22 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> One simple solution would be to add "lineTerminator" and
> "itemTerminator" as synonyms for "lineDelimiter" and "itemDelimiter"
> respectively, and then the conceptual model fits what the engine does.
> We leave the "*delimter" tokens in place for us ol' timers, but
> emphasize "*terminator" for newcomers.

Wow, telepathy. That's *exactly* what I was thinking this afternoon. Add 
a synonym that calls it what it is, and let the older syntax deprecate.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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