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[Dan] csv-mode: can't have comma after "" in a quoted field

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [Dan] csv-mode: can't have comma after "" in a quoted field
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:39:57 -0400

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Resending to the bug-tracker so it isn't forgotten,


        Stefan

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From: Dan <danmbox <at> gmail.com>
To: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Cc: cyd <at> gnu.org
Subject: csv-mode: can't have comma after "" in a quoted field
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:02:11 +0200

Hi, don't know if this is the proper place to report csv-mode bugs
(then again, no bugtracker seems to be mentioned in csv-mode, so I was
left guessing).

Anyway, fields that contain commas after double quotes break the
scanner. I get Scanner error: "Unbalanced paranteses", pos1, pos2 in
the minibuffer with

1,2,3
a,"b""c,",d

e.g when trying to align into columns (C-c C-a). Double quotes alone,
or commas alone, or even commas followed by double quotes, created no
problems inside a quoted field.

-- Dan

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