separate and lines are not supposed to mangle the tabs:

    i22 : ascii("a\tb\nc")

    o22 = {97, 9, 98, 10, 99}

    o22 : List

    i23 : ascii \ separate("a\tb\nc")

    o23 = {{97, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 98}, {99}}

    o23 : List

    i24 : ascii \ lines("a\tb\nc")

    o24 = {{97, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 98}, {99}}

    o24 : List

but is this a work-around?

    i2 : ascii \ separate("\n","a\tb\nc")

    o2 = {{97, 9, 98}, {99}}

    o2 : List
