On 11/20/13 12:51 PM, Scott Prater wrote:
> I think the issue comes down to a distinction between a stream and a
> record.  Ideally, the ruby-marc library would keep pointers to which
> record it is in, where the record begins, and where the record ends in
> the stream.  If a valid header and end-of-record delimiter are in place,
> then the library should be able to reject the record if it contains
> garbage in between those two points, without compromising the integrity
> of the entire stream.

I understand what you're saying, and why it's attractive. I am not sure 
if ruby-marc can do that right now. I am not personally interested in 
adding that at this particular time -- I just spent a couple days adding 
Marc8 support in the first place, and that's enough for me for now.  I 
was just soliciting some feedback on a point I wasn't sure about with 
the new MARC8 api, honestly.

But pull requests are always welcome!  Also feel free to check out 
ruby-marc to see if it accomodates your desired usage already or not, 
and let us know, even without a pull request!

If you (or anyone) are interested in checking out the MARC8 support 
added to ruby-marc, it's currently in a branch not yet merged in or 
released, but probably will be soon.

https://github.com/ruby-marc/ruby-marc/tree/marc8
https://github.com/ruby-marc/ruby-marc/pull/23