[Csv] PEP305 csv package: from csv import csv? (fwd)

[Cliff Wells]

On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 08:12, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> Passing this along...  I have no argument against what Hamish asks.  Any
> thoughts from this crowd?

None here.  I just didn't know how to do it =)

BTW, I know you're new here, but please don't top-post <wink>
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
> From: Hamish Lawson <hbl at st-andrews.ac.uk>
> To: python-list at zope.org
> Subject: PEP305 csv package: from csv import csv?
> Date: 08 Apr 2003 15:44:02 +0100
> 
> According to the documentation in progress at
> 
>      http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/whatsnew/node14.html
> 
> use of the forthcoming csv module (as described in PEP305) requires it to 
> be imported from the csv package:
> 
>      from csv import csv
> 
>      input = open('datafile', 'rb')
>      reader = csv.reader(input)
>      for line in reader:
>          print line
> 
> Is there some reason why the cvs package's __init__.py doesn't import the 
> required names from cvs.py, so allowing the shorter form below?
> 
>      import csv
> 
>      input = open('datafile', 'rb')
>      reader = csv.reader(input)
>      for line in reader:
>          print line
> 
> 
> Hamish Lawson
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