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[Cliff Wells]

On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 15:43, Andrew McNamara wrote:
> >A comment on the dialect classes:  I think a validate() method would be
> >good in the base dialect class.  A separate validate function would do
> >just as well, but it seems logical to make it part of the class.
> 
> The underlying C module currently validates all the options and will raise
> an exception if an unknown option is set, etc. Should we change this - I'd
> hate to duplicate the tests?

I think having it outside the parser is preferable since it allows for
easier customization (especially for the user).  I can't think of any
useful cases off the top of my head, but my over-engineering instinct
tells me this is so <wink>.

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