Re: bug#47885: [PATCH] org-table-import: Make it more smarter for interactive use

[Maxim Nikulin]

On 02/06/2021 22:08, Utkarsh Singh wrote:
> ;;;###autoload
>   (defun org-table-import (file separator)
> @@ -955,12 +971,13 @@ lines.  It can have the following values:
>   - integer When a number, use that many spaces, or a TAB, as field separator.
>   - regexp  When a regular expression, use it to match the separator."
>     (interactive (list (read-file-name "Import file: ")
> -                     (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg)))
> +                     current-prefix-arg))

It seems, prefix argument works now. Let me remind that file name 
completion was working better before your change.

I have noticed a couple of error messages. Unsure what is going wrong, I 
hope, command to launch emacs is correct (-Q -L ~/src/org-mode/lisp 
test.org).

At startup:
Eager macro-expansion failure: (error "rx ‘not’ syntax error: (or 10 44)")

In response to M-x org-table-import:
rx-check-not: rx ‘not’ syntax error: (or 10 44)

> Currently I am trying to refactor CSV parsing by applying techniques
> used in pcsv library (MELPA package) which I think you will also enjoy
> to play with!

I do not know opinion of Org maintainers. Personally I believe that org 
can take advantage of Emacs core features or of other packages if they 
are available and fallback to minimal implementation otherwise. Unsure 
whether borrowing code from pcsv can cause license issues. Current CSV 
parser is not perfect but it works reasonably well.