[Python-Dev] Re: csv module TODO list

[Andrew McNamara]

>I'd love to see a 'split' and a 'join' function in the csv module to
>just convert between string and list without having to bother about
>files. 
>
>Something like
>
>csv.split(aStr [, dialect='excel'[, fmtparam]])  -> list object
>
>and
>
>csv.join(aList, e[, dialect='excel'[, fmtparam]]) -> str object
>
>Feasible?

Yes, it's feasible, although newlines can be embedded in within fields
of a CSV record, hence the use of the iterator, rather than working with
strings. In your example above, if the parser gets to the end of the
string and finds it's still within a field, I'd propose just raising
an exception.

No promises, however - I only have a finite ammount of time to work on
this at the moment.

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Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft
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