#2396: proposal to rename v.in.ascii/v.out.ascii to v.in.text/v.out.text (or
similar)
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Reporter: mlennert | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 7.0.0
Component: Vector | Version: svn-releasebranch70
Keywords: ascii, API change | Platform: Unspecified
Cpu: Unspecified |
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Comment(by mlennert):
Replying to [comment:4 martinl]:
> Replying to [comment:3 mlennert]:
>
> > One could argue, though, that v.in.ascii is the wrong (and thhus
confusing) name since you can import files which are in different
encodings than ASCII. But I agree that 'text' is not necessarily clearer.
Maybe v.in.delimitedtext ?
>
> it will not help to make it more clear. The module also import vector
data in GRASS ASCII (text) format which is not definitely a delimited
text.
Agreed. Don't know if there is an easy "solution" to this. Maybe we should
just live with our historical heritage and keep 'ascii'... Don't think
that this should be a blocker.
Moritz
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