[issue21297] csv.skipinitialspace only skips spaces, not "whitespace" in general

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

Do I understand correctly that only one space is ignored?

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nosy: +terry.reedy
stage:  -> needs patch
title: skipinitialspace in the csv module only skips spaces, not "whitespace" in general -> csv.skipinitialspace only skips spaces, not "whitespace" in general
versions:  -Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

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