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tclcsv 2.4.2 released - update for Tcl 9.

The tclcsv extension for Tcl provides a fast and flexible means of 
reading and writing text files in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.
Includes a UI widget for sniffing CSV dialects.

Docs: https://tclcsv.magicsplat.com
Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tclcsv/files/
Repository:https://github.com/apnadkarni/tcl-csv

In article <vdek4i$2a8ek$2@dont-email.me>,
Ashok  <apnmbx-public@yahoo.com> wrote:
>tclcsv 2.4.2 released - update for Tcl 9.
>
>The tclcsv extension for Tcl provides a fast and flexible means of 
>reading and writing text files in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.
>Includes a UI widget for sniffing CSV dialects.
>
>Docs: https://tclcsv.magicsplat.com
>Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tclcsv/files/
>Repository:https://github.com/apnadkarni/tcl-csv

I was unaware of this.  When would I use this rather than the CSV package
in tcllib?  Is it a case of more efficient, or are there other differences?
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Am 30.09.2024 um 18:37 schrieb Ashok:
> tclcsv 2.4.2 released - update for Tcl 9.
> 
> The tclcsv extension for Tcl provides a fast and flexible means of reading and writing text files in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.
> Includes a UI widget for sniffing CSV dialects.
> 
> Docs: https://tclcsv.magicsplat.com
> Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tclcsv/files/
> Repository:https://github.com/apnadkarni/tcl-csv

I get the following errors when trying to compile on Windows with gcc:

generic/csv.c: In function 'csv_format_cell':
generic/csv.c:1877:49: error: invalid operands to binary - (have 'long long int' and 'char *')
          Tcl_DStringSetLength(ds, (Tcl_Size) dst - p);
                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
generic/csv.c:1928:45: error: invalid operands to binary - (have 'long long int' and 'char *')
      Tcl_DStringSetLength(ds, (Tcl_Size) dst - p);


I assume, the Tcl_DStringSetLength lines should be:
      Tcl_DStringSetLength(ds, (Tcl_Size) (dst - p));

Paul

Oops. Built the binaries from my work area so those should be ok. Forgot 
to commit the final source :-( so the source distribution generated from 
git is broken.

Fixed and released now as 2.4.3.

Sorry about that.

/Ashok

On 9/30/2024 11:46 PM, Paul Obermeier wrote:
> Am 30.09.2024 um 18:37 schrieb Ashok:
>> tclcsv 2.4.2 released - update for Tcl 9.
>>
>> The tclcsv extension for Tcl provides a fast and flexible means of 
>> reading and writing text files in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.
>> Includes a UI widget for sniffing CSV dialects.
>>
>> Docs: https://tclcsv.magicsplat.com
>> Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tclcsv/files/
>> Repository:https://github.com/apnadkarni/tcl-csv
> 
> I get the following errors when trying to compile on Windows with gcc:
> 
> generic/csv.c: In function 'csv_format_cell':
> generic/csv.c:1877:49: error: invalid operands to binary - (have 'long 
> long int' and 'char *')
>           Tcl_DStringSetLength(ds, (Tcl_Size) dst - p);
>                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
> generic/csv.c:1928:45: error: invalid operands to binary - (have 'long 
> long int' and 'char *')
>       Tcl_DStringSetLength(ds, (Tcl_Size) dst - p);
> 
> 
> I assume, the Tcl_DStringSetLength lines should be:
>       Tcl_DStringSetLength(ds, (Tcl_Size) (dst - p));
> 
> Paul

If you are happy with tcllib's csv, I would suggest keep using it. 
Always easier to distribute Tcl than a binary.

What tclcsv gives you other than speed, is more options for configuring 
the CSV dialect (delimiters, quoting method, headers etc.), a feature to 
guess ("sniff") the dialect, and a Tk preview widget (a la Excel CSV 
import) - see https://tclcsv.magicsplat.com/#tclcsv_dialectpicker

/Ashok

On 9/30/2024 11:29 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <vdek4i$2a8ek$2@dont-email.me>,
> Ashok  <apnmbx-public@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> tclcsv 2.4.2 released - update for Tcl 9.
>>
>> The tclcsv extension for Tcl provides a fast and flexible means of
>> reading and writing text files in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.
>> Includes a UI widget for sniffing CSV dialects.
>>
>> Docs: https://tclcsv.magicsplat.com
>> Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tclcsv/files/
>> Repository:https://github.com/apnadkarni/tcl-csv
> 
> I was unaware of this.  When would I use this rather than the CSV package
> in tcllib?  Is it a case of more efficient, or are there other differences?

In article <vdfp4c$2j5rv$2@dont-email.me>,
Ashok  <apnmbx-public@yahoo.com> wrote:
>If you are happy with tcllib's csv, I would suggest keep using it. 
>Always easier to distribute Tcl than a binary.
>
>What tclcsv gives you other than speed, is more options for configuring 
>the CSV dialect (delimiters, quoting method, headers etc.), a feature to 
>guess ("sniff") the dialect, and a Tk preview widget (a la Excel CSV 
>import) - see https://tclcsv.magicsplat.com/#tclcsv_dialectpicker
>
>/Ashok
>

Thanks!


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