File: CHANGELOG

# CHANGELOG

Path: | CHANGELOG
Last Update: | Fri Mar 19 09:58:30 -0600 2010

# Change Log

Below is a complete listing of changes for each revision of FasterCSV.

## 1.5.0

- The main parser has been rewritten by Timothy Elliott to avoid big input issues with Ruby 1.8‘s regex engine. This makes FasterCSV handle more inputs gracefully.
- FasterCSV will now exit with a notice to upgrade if required in Ruby 1.9.
- Included a missing file so the tests will run in source packages.

## 1.4.0

- Added encoding support patch from Michael Reinsch.
- Improved inspect() messages for better IRb support.
- Fixed header writing bug reported by Dov Murik.
- Use custom separators in parsing header Strings as suggested by Shmulik Regev.
- Added a `:write_headers` option for outputting headers.
- Handle open() calls in binary mode whenever we can to workaround a Windows issue where line-ending translation can cause an off-by-one error in seeking back to a non-zero starting position after auto-discovery for `:row_sep` as suggested by Robert Battle.
- Improved the parser to fail faster when fed some forms of invalid CSV that can be detected without reading ahead.
- Added a `:field_size_limit` option to control FasterCSV‘s lookahead and prevent the parser from biting off more data than it can chew.

## 1.2.3

- Default to the system line ending when passed a GzipWriter object to wrap.

## 1.2.2

- Worked around GzipReader‘s lack of a seek() method so we could still use automatic row separator detection with them.

## 1.2.1

- Worked around an odd incompatibility with the Regexps used to remove line endings in some (seemingly rare) Ruby environments.
- Made FasterCSV::lineno() writer aware.
- Support Hashes in FasterCSV#<<(), by detecting headers when writing.
- Added limited support for switching the quote character.
- Refining Data and DateTime matching for built-in convertors.

## 1.2.0

- Added the FasterCSV::table() shortcut.

## 1.1.1

- Added a `:force_quotes` output option.

## 1.1.0

- Added empty?(), length(), and size() methods to FasterCSV::Row and FasterCSV::Table.
- Cleaned up bug fix regression tests.
- Fixed bug causing Arrays to be returned for blank rows when header processing is active.
- Added a `:skip_blanks` option for ignoring empty rows.

## 1.0.0

- Fixed FasterCSV.rewind() to reset the FasterCSV.lineno() counter.
- Fixed FasterCSV.rewind() to reset the header processing.
- Fixed documentation typos.
- Switched STDOUT and STDERR usage to $stdout and $stderr where appropriate.
- Added FasterCSV::Row.==().
- Enhanced FasterCSV::Row.fields() to support Ranges, even for headers.
- The slurping methods now return the new FasterCSV::Table objects.
- Fixed parser so multibyte `:col_sep` works now.
- Added a few examples for usage.

## 0.2.1

- Removed autorequire from GemSpec.
- Made Rakefile VERSION aware.
- General Rakefile cleanup.

## 0.2.0

- Added VERSION constant.
- Significantly improved test speed.
- Worked around Date::parse() bug so tests will pass on Windows.
- Documented test procedure.
- Made FasterCSV.lineno() CSV aware.
- Added line numbers to MalformedCSVError messages.
- `:headers` can now be set to an Array of headers to use.
- `:headers` can now be set to an external CSV String of headers to use.
- Added an `:unconverted_fields` options, so those can be returned when needed.
- Provided support for the serialization of custom Ruby objects using CSV.
- Added CSV drop-in interface.
- Added header information to FieldInfo Struct for conversions by header.
- Added an alias to support `require "fastercsv"`.
- Added FCSV alias for FasterCSV.
- Added FasterCSV::instance() and FasterCSV()/FCSV() shortcuts for easy output.

## 0.1.9

- Fixing the require "English" bug.

## 0.1.8

- Converted FasterCSV.filter() to use ARGF for input.
- Made FasterCSV.<<() aware of FasterCSV::Row objects.
- Switched header rows to include the unconverted headers as fields.
- Rescued IOError when trying to auto detect a line-ending on an output stream and used the default system line-ending.
- Added FasterCSV::Row.header_row?() and FasterCSV::Row.field_row?().

## 0.1.6

- Began using a forked development/stable versioning system.
- Reorganized initialization code for easier additions and maintenance.
- Added a check for unknown options. Exceptions will now be thrown for them.
- Added built-in and custom data converters. Built-in handle numbers and dates.
- Added Array#to_csv and String#parse_csv. Both accept normal options.
- Project moved to RubyForge Subversion.
- Added auto-discovery for `:row_sep` (now the default).
- Added FasterCSV::filter() for easy Unix-like CSV filters.
- Added support for accessing fields by headers.
  - Headers can have their own converters.
  - Headers can be skipped or returned as needed.
  - FasterCSV::Row allows index or header access while retaining order and allowing for duplicate headers.

## 0.1.4

- Fixed `:col_sep` escaping bug (reported by Kev Jackson).
- Switched to the use of named parsers internally.

## 0.1.3

- Fixed typo in gem spec causing a require bug.

## 0.1.2

- Built gem with Ruby 1.8.2, to bypass YAML/RubyGems issue.

## 0.1.1

- Built gem with Ruby 1.8.4 Preview 1, to try and bypass YAML/RubyGems issue.
- Added missing test file to released packages.
- Clarified call-seq documentation for open() and parse().
- Clarified passed String positions for new(), in documentation.
- Expanded generate() to handle appending to an existing String.

## 0.1.0

- Initial public release.

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