[Python-Dev] Re: [Csv] csv module TODO list

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Wed Jan 12 02:48:50 CET 2005


    Raymond> Would the csv module be a good place to add a DBF reader and
    Raymond> writer?

Not really.

    Raymond> I've posted a draft on ASPN.  It interoperates well with the
    Raymond> rest of the CSV module because it also accepts/returns a list
    Raymond> of fieldnames and a sequence of records.

    Raymond> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/362715

Just clean it up (do the doco thing) and check it in as dbf.py with reader
and writer functions.

I see your modus operandi at work: code something in Python then switch to C
when nobody's looking. ;-)

Skip



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