On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:50:58AM +1000, Stuart Prescott wrote: > My proposal is then: > > * ensure the internal parser supports whitespace and comments as required > > * switch the default parser in iter_paragraphs to the internal parser > (changing the kwarg to be use_apt_pkg=False) and clearly document the > situations where an application might safely choose to use TagFile > (use_apt_pkg=True).
As a plan, this looks good to me: as a default, I'd favor correctness over speed anytime. If one is ready to sacrifice correctness for speed, asking to do so explicitly sounds reasonable. Of course, this change will warrant a NEWS.Debian entry. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . [email protected] . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »
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