microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Parsing Request/Issue - Two Spaces instead of One
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
If you returned data with two spaces between objects instead of a single space, we could easily parse the output. With only one space, parsing cannot consistently return accurate results.
For example:
because you are only appending a single space at the end of a value in the string, parsing becomes exceptionally difficult.
Proposed technical implementation details
Appending two space characters would make parsing this output significantly easier and more accurate.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the winget CLI output shown in the issue and inspect where values are separated and rendered. The change is done when objects are separated by two spaces and the resulting output can be parsed consistently without altering other formatting.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100