There must be a better way (correction)
Tim Chase
python.list at tim.thechases.com
Tue Apr 23 11:02:55 EDT 2013
On 2013-04-23 09:30, Tim Chase wrote:
> > But a csv.DictReader might still be more efficient. I never
> > tested. This is the only place I've used this "optimization".
> > It's fast enough. ;)
>
> I believe the csv module does all the work at c-level, rather than
> as pure Python, so it should be notably faster.
A little digging shows that csv.DictReader is pure Python, using the
underlying _csv.reader which is written in C for speed.
-tkc
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