[python-win32] Writing to Excel performance

[Greg Ewing]

Tim Roberts wrote:
> Dahlstrom, Roger wrote:
> 
>> My opinion is that determining file type by extension (arbitrary at that)
 >> is a bad thing to begin with.
> 
> This is veering a bit off-topic for this mailing list, but I'd be
> curious to hear what alternatives you would suggest.

The way classic MacOS handled it was much better. The file type
was a separate piece of metadata that the user never normally
saw or changed.

The file type info is still available in MacOSX, but Apple
seems to be discouraging its use, which is disappointing.

-- 
Greg