csv module and NULL data byte
Tim Chase
python.list at tim.thechases.com
Wed Feb 28 21:52:59 EST 2018
On 2018-02-28 21:38, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> > with open( fname, 'rt', encoding='iso-8859-1' ) as csvfile:
>
> Pardon? Has the CSV module changed in the last year or so?
>
> Last time I read the documentation, it was recommended that
> the file be opened in BINARY mode ("rb").
It recommends binary mode, but seems to largely work fine with
text/ascii mode or even arbitrary iterables. I've not seen the
rationale behind the binary recommendation, but in 10+ years of using
the csv module, I've not found any issues in using text/ascii mode
that were solved by switching to using binary mode.
-tkc
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