Secure Shell question on ASCII transfers

["Harding, Matthew" <Matthew.Harding%thomson.com@localhost>]

I am new to the ietf and am not sure if this is the correct place for this
to go, but please forward this to where ever it should go.

I had a question about  why ASCII transfers have not been added to the SFTP
protocol?  In a day in age where security is a severe issue and many
companies and organizations are moving away from FTP to SFTP has the issue
of ASCII transfers been addressed at all?    I would like to hear any
feedback or insight anyone would be able to give me on this issue.  

Matthew Harding