> Tab is _never_ a data character. Until it is. Just like a semicolon for CSV. > And if return carriage is a data character, you probably shouldn’t use a dsv

> Tab is _never_ a data character. Until it is. Just like a semicolon for CSV. > And if return carriage is a data character, you probably shouldn’t use a dsv file in the first place. Agree. EDIT: > I am keeping my tsv As a solely import-export data format (ie no manual editing) it has some virtue. But at this point you can just use XML, CLIXML or even SQLite *shurg_emoji*