ENH: Add class to write da format 117 files

Add export for dta 117 files which add support for long strings Refactor StataWriter to simplify new writer closes pandas-dev#16450
bashtage · Apr 27, 2018 · 9717de4 · 9717de4
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diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.23.0.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.23.0.txt
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ Other Enhancements
 - Updated ``to_gbq`` and ``read_gbq`` signature and documentation to reflect changes from
   the Pandas-GBQ library version 0.4.0. Adds intersphinx mapping to Pandas-GBQ
   library. (:issue:`20564`)
+- Added new writer for exporting Stata dta files in version 117, ``StataWriter117``.  This format supports exporting strings with lengths up to 2,000,000 characters (:issue:`16450`)
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