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+<b>James Edward Gray II</b>::  {james@grayproductions.net}[mailto:james@grayproductions.net]

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+= Change Log
+
+Below is a complete listing of changes for each revision of FasterCSV.
+
+== 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 <tt>:write_headers</tt> 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
+  <tt>:row_sep</tt> 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 <tt>:field_size_limit</tt> 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 <tt>:force_quotes</tt> 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 <tt>:skip_blanks</tt> 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 <tt>:col_sep</tt> 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.
+* <tt>:headers</tt> can now be set to an Array of headers to use.
+* <tt>:headers</tt> can now be set to an external CSV String of headers to use.
+* Added an <tt>:unconverted_fields</tt> 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 <tt>require "fastercsv"</tt>.
+* 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 <tt>:row_sep</tt> (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 <tt>:col_sep</tt> 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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+= Installing FasterCSV
+
+RubyGems is the preferred easy install method for FasterCSV.  However, you can
+install FasterCSV manually as described below.
+
+== Installing the Gem
+
+FasterCSV is intended to be installed via the
+RubyGems[http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems/] system.  To get the latest
+version, simply enter the following into your command prompt:
+
+	$ sudo gem install fastercsv
+
+You must have RubyGems[http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems/] installed for
+the above to work.
+
+== Installing Manually
+
+Download the latest version of FasterCSV from the
+{RubyForge project page}[http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1102].  Navigate to
+the root project directory and enter:
+
+	$ sudo ruby setup.rb
+
+== Running the Tests
+
+If you would like to run FasterCSV's test suite on your system before installing
+and you have Rake installed, just issue the following command from the root of
+the project directory:
+
+  $ rake
+
+If you do not have rake, use the following command instead:
+
+  $ ruby -I lib:test test/ts_all.rb

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+= License Terms
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+= Read Me
+
+by James Edward Gray II
+
+== Description
+
+Welcome to FasterCSV.
+
+FasterCSV is intended as a replacement to Ruby's standard CSV library.  It was designed to address concerns users of that library had and it has three primary goals:
+
+1.  Be significantly faster than CSV while remaining a pure Ruby library.
+2.  Use a smaller and easier to maintain code base.  (FasterCSV is larger now, 
+    but considerably richer in features.  The parsing core remains quite small.)
+3.  Improve on the CSV interface.
+
+Obviously, the last one is subjective.  If you love CSV's interface, odds are
+good this one won't suit you.  I did try to defer to that interface whenever I
+didn't have a compelling reason to change it though, so hopefully this won't be
+too radically different.
+
+== What's Different From CSV?
+
+I'm sure I'll miss something, but I'll try to mention most of the major differences I am aware of, to help others quickly get up to speed:
+
+=== CSV Parsing
+
+* FasterCSV has a stricter parser and will throw MalformedCSVErrors on
+  problematic data.
+* FasterCSV has a less liberal idea of a line ending than CSV.  What you set as
+  the <tt>:row_sep</tt> is law.
+* CSV returns empty lines as <tt>[nil]</tt>.  FasterCSV calls them <tt>[]</tt>.
+* FasterCSV has a much faster parser.
+
+=== Interface
+
+* FasterCSV uses Hash-style parameters to set options.
+* FasterCSV does not have generate_row() or parse_row() from CSV.
+* FasterCSV does not have CSV's Reader and Writer classes.
+* FasterCSV::open() is more like Ruby's open() than CSV::open().
+* FasterCSV objects support most standard IO methods.
+* FasterCSV has a new() method used to wrap objects like String and IO for
+  reading and writing.
+* FasterCSV::generate() is different from CSV::generate().
+* FasterCSV does not support partial reads.  It works line-by-line.
+* FasterCSV does not allow the instance methods to override the separators for
+  performance reasons.  They must be set in the constructor.
+
+If you use this library and find yourself missing any functionality I have trimmed, please {let me know}[mailto:james@grayproductions.net].
+
+== Documentation
+
+See FasterCSV for documentation.
+
+== Installing
+
+See the INSTALL file for instructions.
+
+== What is CSV, really?
+
+FasterCSV maintains a pretty strict definition of CSV taken directly from {the RFC}[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4180.txt].  I relax the rules in only one place and that is to make using this library easier.  FasterCSV will parse all valid CSV.
+
+What you don't want to do is feed FasterCSV invalid CSV.  Because of the way the CSV format works, it's common for a parser to need to read until the end of the file to be sure a field is invalid.  This eats a lot of time and memory.
+
+Luckily, when working with invalid CSV, Ruby's built-in methods will almost always be superior in every way.  For example, parsing non-quoted fields is as easy as:
+
+  data.split(",")
+
+== Questions and/or Comments
+
+Feel free to email {James Edward Gray II}[mailto:james@grayproductions.net] with
+any questions.