[ python-Bugs-967934 ] csv module cannot handle embedded \r

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Bugs item #967934, was opened at 2004-06-07 14:46
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Gregory Bond (gnbond)
Assigned to: Andrew McNamara (andrewmcnamara)
Summary: csv module cannot handle embedded \r

Initial Comment:
CSV module cannot handle the case of embedded \r (i.e.
carriage return) in a field.

As far as I can see, this is hard-coded into the _csv.c
file and cannot be fixed with Dialect changes.

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>Comment By: Andrew McNamara (andrewmcnamara)
Date: 2005-01-13 22:34

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If you're interested, I've just checked in a change to the CVS head for 
Python 2.5 that may, at least partially, fix this problem (if you try it, let me 
know how it goes).

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Comment By: Skip Montanaro (montanaro)
Date: 2004-06-07 21:25

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It certainly intersects with it somehow.  ;-)  If nothing else, it
will serve as a useful test case.


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Comment By: Andrew McNamara (andrewmcnamara)
Date: 2004-06-07 15:32

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I suspect this restriction (CR appearing within a quoted 
field) is a historical accident and can be safely removed. 

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Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2004-06-07 15:02

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Skip, does this coincide with your planned switchover to
universal newlines?

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