Magnus> Quite a while ago I posted some material to the csv-list about
Magnus> problems using the csv module on Unix-style colon-separated
Magnus> files -- it just doesn't deal properly with backslash escaping
Magnus> and is quite useless for this kind of file. I seem to recall the
Magnus> general view was that it wasn't intended for this kind of thing
Magnus> -- only the sort of csv that Microsoft Excel outputs/inputs,
Yes, that's my recollection as well. It's possible that we can extend the
interpretation of the escape char.
Magnus> I'll be happy to re-send or summarize the relevant emails, if
Magnus> needed.
Yes, that would be helpful. Can you send me an example (three or four
lines) of the sort of file it won't grok?
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