[OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (OFFICE-3765) [spreadsheet] Proposal: <number:fill-character> element for data styles

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Patrick Durusau commented on OFFICE-3765:
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Q: What is the impact of the "fill characters" on operators for comparison of cell content?

Q: What if content for comparison is separated by "fill characters?" How does that impact comparisons? 

Q: Can you point to language in other specifications that exclude "fill characters" from comparison operations?

Q: What is the treatment of a cell with only "fill characters?" Is it "empty?" 

The "fill characters" strike me as a good idea for the reasons stated but I think we need to go over part 2 rather carefully to catch all the cases where they could have an impact. 

> [spreadsheet] Proposal: <number:fill-character> element for data styles
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>                 Key: OFFICE-3765
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-3765
>             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Table
>         Environment: This is an enhancement, described in terms of changes to OpenDocument-v1.2
>            Reporter: Thorsten Behrens 
>            Assignee: Thorsten Behrens 
>             Fix For: ODF 1.3
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> Improve interoperability with other spreadsheet implementations, by enabling round-trip of fill characters (used to fill empty space in cells, not occupied e.g. by the actual cell content)

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