[CSV] Re: First Cut at CSV PEP

[Dave Cole]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew McNamara <andrewm at object-craft.com.au> writes:

>>>> The universal readlines support in Python 2.3 may impact the use
>>>> of a file reader/writer when processing different text files, but
>>>> would returns or newlines within a field be impacted? Should the
>>>> PEP and API specify that the record delimiter can be either CR,
>>>> LF, or CR/LF, but use of those characters inside a field requires
>>>> the field to be quoted or an exception will be thrown?
>>  Interesting point.  I think that newlines inside records are going
>> to be the same as those separating records.  Anything else would be
>> very bizarre.

Andrew> You should know better than to make a statement like that
Andrew> where Microsoft is concerned. Excel uses a single LF within
Andrew> fields, but CRLF at the end of lines. If you import a field
Andrew> containing CRLF, the CR appears within the field as a box (the
Andrew> "unprintable character" symbol).

Touche :-)

- Dave

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