Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 17 Apr 1997 15:27:06 -0700 (PDT) | | From | Dan Hollis <> | | Subject | Re: procfs problems |
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On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > What if you want multiple "fields" per line, and the "fields" contain > > spaces. What then? > Then you're better off using a printable separator, or using fixed > columns and *no* tabs (so you can use fixed offsets.)
Fixed offsets blow chunks. When you need to expand field sizes it's a big headache.
Suggest a field separator other than tab.
It can't be printable because any printable ascii character could be considered part of a field. Unless you want to then propose some ugly escaping system for fields, or limits on what are valid characters in fields.
-Dan
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