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Emmanuel Bourg commented on CSV-77:
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Section 2.4 relates to a field value, but a blank line doesn't contain any
field. I agree this is open to interpretation.
Ignoring blank lines is probably the best default behavior. I often see csv
files with leading blank lines (because they were generated by a JSP for
example) or trailing blank lines. Getting an empty record in these cases is
never desirable.
Regarding the trimming of values, I agree this should not be part of the
default format.
> RFC 4180 (DEFAULT) format is wrong; should not ignore spaces or blank lines
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> Key: CSV-77
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CSV-77
> Project: Commons CSV
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Sebb
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> According to the RFC [1]:
> Section 2.4
> {quote}
> ... Spaces are considered part
> of a field and should not be ignored.
> {quote}
> Also, the RFC does not mention that blank lines are to be ignored.
> However, some of the alternate CSV "specifications" referenced by RFC 4180 do
> say that spaces are ignored.
> I've not yet found a mention to say that blank lines are to be ignored.
> [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180
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