* separated values

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> I suggest Dave Cole's csv module (fast, easy to use, appears complete) be
    >> added to the core:
    >> 
    >> http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/csv/
 
    Simon> I've used Laurence Tratt's ASV module -
    Simon> <http://tratt.net/laurie/python/asv/> - with some success. It's
    Simon> pure-Python, so it may be a bit slower than the module that you
    Simon> mention (though I haven't checked this out). It's fairly
    Simon> flexible, though - it can read TSV files and so on in addition to
    Simon> CSVs, and can be told to recognise column headings in the first
    Simon> row.

I used ASV's predecessor (strangely enough it was named CSV).  I found the
switch to Cole's csv module to be pretty straightforward, and for the sizes
of CSV files I manipulate (several megabytes), I need the performance.

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