[Csv] Documentation...
Skip Montanaro
skip.montanaro at gmail.com
Wed Mar 9 14:33:29 CET 2011
Please assign it to me. There are a couple examples I should fix as well.
This will serve as a reminder.
On Mar 8, 2011 11:02 PM, "Andrew McNamara" <andrewm at object-craft.com.au>
wrote:
>>Thanks for all the great work you guys do. It is really appreciated.
>>
>>I have just been looking at the csv module and I noted the following
comment
>>in the preamble...
>>
>>There is no "CSV standard", so the format is operationally defined by the
>>many applications which read and write it. The lack of a standard means
that
>>subtle differences often exist in the data produced and consumed by
>>different applications.
>>
>>There is rfc4180.
>>
>>Perhaps it could read something like:
>>
>>CSV has been used for many years prior to attempts to standardise it in
>>RFC4180. This has resulted in subtle differences often exist in the data
>>produced and consumed by different applications.
>
> Excellent suggestion (RFC4180 didn't exist when we wrote the CSV
> module). I suggest you create a "bug" in the python issue tracker and
> assign it to the "documentation" component:
>
> http://bugs.python.org/
>
> I'll add a note agreeing with your suggestion.
>
> --
> Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft
> http://www.object-craft.com.au/
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