Julian Phillips <julian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:16:18 -0700, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Julian Phillips <julian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Add a library that allows commands to produce structured output in any
>>> of a range of formats using a single API.
>>>
>>> The API includes an OPT_OUTPUT and handle_output_arg so that the
>>> option handling for different commands will be as similar as possible.
>>
>> I was hoping that the existing low-level -z routines (e.g. "diff-* -z")
>> follow similar enough patterns to have a corresponding output-z.c and be
>> handled inside output.c library. But that is not a requirement, just
>> "would have been nicer if the original were written that way".
>
> As the API currently stands, I don't think it would be possible to
> recreate the existing output of -z, as the separator between values is not
> constant. I haven't really looked into whether the output is completely
> incompatible with structured output though (i.e. could -z be supported by
> adding one or two functions to the API?).
What about the new(ly) proposed -Z output in one of its variants,
namely with single NUL ("\0") as field separator, and double NUL ("\0\0")
as a record terminator?
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Jakub Narebski
Poland
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