YA CSV parser

2007-11-25 Thread Jim Schneider
I wrote a streaming CSV parser yesterday because I couldn't find a CSV parsing module that does what I want (despite the plethora of available choices). The parsing rules are pretty simple: 1) At the start of a field, if you find a quote string, eat the quote string and go to the state that

Re: YA CSV parser

2007-11-25 Thread Jim Schneider
A. Pagaltzis wrote: * Jim Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-11-25 20:00]: BTW, the name I'm currently using for this module is CSV::Parse - let me know if you have a specific suggestion for a name you like better. There is already a Parse::CSV on CPAN. I think it would be a bit

Re: YA CSV parser

2007-11-25 Thread Jim Schneider
David Cantrell wrote: On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 01:59:46PM -0500, Jim Schneider wrote: I wrote a streaming CSV parser yesterday ... If anyone knows of a module on CPAN that does all this, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll upload my module sometime in the next week or two. BTW, the name

Re: YA CSV parser

2007-11-25 Thread Jim Schneider
Joshua ben Jore wrote: Didn't you just reinvent Text::CSV_XS? The only tweak required is saying binary to enable the use of newlines inside quoted fields. -new({ binary = 1, # defaults eol = qq(\r\n), sep_char = q(,), quote_char = q(), escape_char = q(), }) Josh It

Re: RFC: relative.pm

2007-10-07 Thread Jim Schneider
A. Pagaltzis wrote: even with the current interface, it’s possible to load a to.pm if you do it this way: use relative to = __PACKAGE __, qw(to from before after boo); But that’s a) noisy b) less than self-suggesting. My I suggest this: use relative to = self, qw(foo bar roo);

Re: Another non-free license - PerlBuildSystem

2007-02-21 Thread Jim Schneider
Ovid wrote: Being an *extremely* political creature, I'm sorely tempted to wade into this mess, but I won't. Can we just agree to stick to the license's suitability for the CPAN? Cheers, Ovid Perhaps this is just a me, too... The law of unintended consequences (Every action has at least two

Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator

2006-11-07 Thread Jim Schneider
Perhaps Finance::Calculator::Mortgage? - Original Message - From: Dmitri Tikhonov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Smylers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: module-authors@perl.org Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:32 AM Subject: Re: RFC: new module Finance::MortgageCalculator Mortgages may compound

Re: Proposed module names - DBIx::Class::Simple

2006-03-14 Thread Jim Schneider
From: A. Pagaltzis [EMAIL PROTECTED] DBIx::ORM::Declarative? Perfect! Thank you so much.

Re: Proposed module names - DBIx::Class::Simple

2006-03-13 Thread Jim Schneider
I appologize. I wasn't terribly clear. I was hoping for suggestions as to what name would be appropriate - I'm quite well aware that the names I have are bad. David Landgren wrote: David Golden wrote: Jim Schneider wrote: -snip- I think you may be best if you come up with your own DBIx

Proposed module names

2006-03-12 Thread Jim Schneider
I have three modules I am preparing to submit to CPAN, and I was hoping to get some input on the names. The modules are: 1) DBIx::Class::Simple - a simpler alternative to DBIx::Class, but alas, not compatible (not even a little bit). It takes a collection of data structures that describe