CIF2 syntax document for COMCIFS approval
Herbert J. Bernstein
yaya at bernstein-plus-sons.com
Thu Dec 30 03:18:39 GMT 2010
I would be delighted if COMCIFS would adopt your wording. -- Herbert
At 7:03 PM -0800 12/29/10, Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve wrote:
>Hi Herb,
>
>I suggest rewriting CHANGE 7, for example:
>
>==================================================================
>CHANGE 7 NEW
>
>
>Triple-quote delimited strings.
>
>The following ASCII sequences delimit the beginning of a string:
>
> """
> '''
> r"""
> r'''
> u"""
> u"""
>
>The characters following the delimiter sequence are interpreted
>with exactly the same algorithm as implemented for triple-quoted
>strings in the Python programming language version 2 series.
>In this algorithm, triple-quoted strings are terminated by matching
>""" or ''' delimiters.
>
>For example
>
> """He said "His name is O'Hearly"."""
> r'''In {\bf \TeX} the accents are \' and \".'''
>
>Triple-quoted strings provide a reliable mechanism for storing any
>arbitrary string in a CIF2 file.
>
>==================================================================
>
>Eventually the reference to Python could be replaced with a full
>description of the algorithm, but in my experience such informal
>descriptions are never as reliable as an actual implementation,
>in particular one that's been around for many years and is used
>by millions of people.
>
>Ralf
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>> From: Herbert J. Bernstein <yaya at bernstein-plus-sons.com>
>> To: Discussion list of the IUCr Committee for the Maintenance of the CIF
>>Standard (COMCIFS) <comcifs at iucr.org>
>> Sent: Mon, December 27, 2010 8:05:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: CIF2 syntax document for COMCIFS approval
>>
>> I think we will have enough trouble selling CIF2 at all.
>> A split recommendation will make it that much harder.
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