[Python-Dev] csv changed from python 2.4 to 2.5

[Christian]

Nick Craig-Wood wrote:
> Christian K <ckkart at hoc.net> wrote:

[...]


>>  Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May  2 2007, 16:56:35)
>>  [GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
>>  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>>> import csv
>>>>> d = csv.excel
>>>>> d.delimiter = ','
>>>>>
> 
> Don't you want to do this anyway?
> 
>   import csv
>   class my_dialect(csv.excel):
>       delimeter = ","
> 

I could probably do that, sure. I used to register my custom dialects and
retrieve and modify them at another place, thus probably misusing the register
mechanism as a replacement for a global symbol.

Thanks, Christian