Closed taldcroft closed 3 years ago
As a follow-on from https://github.com/astropy/astropy/issues/11368, this formalizes support for object columns within ECSV.
object
This update reflects what astropy.io.ascii currently outputs for an object column. Note https://github.com/astropy/astropy/issues/11368#issuecomment-792073190 for a potentially simple patch that allows object columns consisting of Python literals to round-trip safely.
astropy.io.ascii
Writing standards is not quite my bread and butter, so suggestions welcome.
cc: @mbtaylor
Closing in favor of #68.
taldcroft
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3 years ago taldcroft
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3 years ago
As a follow-on from https://github.com/astropy/astropy/issues/11368, this formalizes support for
objectcolumns within ECSV.This update reflects what
astropy.io.asciicurrently outputs for anobjectcolumn. Note https://github.com/astropy/astropy/issues/11368#issuecomment-792073190 for a potentially simple patch that allowsobjectcolumns consisting of Python literals to round-trip safely.Writing standards is not quite my bread and butter, so suggestions welcome.
cc: @mbtaylor