fromInfluxLP source

[aanthony1243]

A from source that reads Line protocol.

• should support multiple measurements/fields

[wolffcm]

Some notes from Slack discussion about how to parse line protocol:

• There are a surprising number of edge cases in parsing line protocol, mostly related to escaping in string data
• The "official" parser in the influxdb repo has bugs that must be replicated to ensure consistent behavior with other parts of the product
• There is also a parser in telegraf whose behavior does not quite match that the behavior of the one in influxdb
• The ideal place for a line protocol parser would be in the repo line-protocol which currently includes a writer but not a parser.