Re:Potholes to avoid when migrating to IPv6
by loeg on Monday December 31, 2018 @08:02PM
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It's probably worth remembering that these combinations are unintuitive and not readily printed on keyboards. Additionally, all text editors can render a CSV correctly; I doubt the same can be said for Unix control characters.
I suspect fewer than 1% of computer users has these memorized. For that matter, I suspect fewer than 1% of software developers or sysadmins have these memorized.
In contrast, the comma, tab, and return keys are easily located on any keyboard, and CSV delimiters are all so common as to be readily printable by any text editor.
Meanwhile, unix escape sequences don't solve the quoting / escape problem of representing strings containing the delimiters anyway.
I suspect fewer than 1% of computer users has these memorized. For that matter, I suspect fewer than 1% of software developers or sysadmins have these memorized.
In contrast, the comma, tab, and return keys are easily located on any keyboard, and CSV delimiters are all so common as to be readily printable by any text editor.
Meanwhile, unix escape sequences don't solve the quoting / escape problem of representing strings containing the delimiters anyway.