[Python-Dev] Re: [Csv] csv module and universal newlines

[Bob Ippolito]

On Jan 12, 2005, at 21:39, Skip Montanaro wrote:

>     Jack> On MacOSX you really want universal newlines. CSV files 
> produced
>     Jack> by older software (such as AppleWorks) will have \r line
>     Jack> terminators, but lots of other programs will have files with
>     Jack> normal \n terminators.
>
> Won't work.  You have to be able to write a Windows csv file on any
> platform.  Binary mode is the only way to get that.

Isn't universal newlines only used for reading?

I have had no problems using the csv module for reading files with 
universal newlines by opening the file myself or providing an iterator.

Unicode, on the other hand, I have had problems with.

-bob