Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Csv] Minor change to behaviour of csv module

2005-01-09 Thread Andrew McNamara
>> Andrew explains that in the CSV module, escape characters are not >> properly removed. >> >> Magnus writes: >>> IMO this is the *only* reasonable behaviour. I don't understand why >>> the escape character should be left in; this is one of the reason why >>> UNIX-style colon-separated values don'

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Csv] Minor change to behaviour of csv module

2005-01-07 Thread Alex Martelli
On 2005 Jan 07, at 14:45, Michael Chermside wrote: Andrew explains that in the CSV module, escape characters are not properly removed. Magnus writes: IMO this is the *only* reasonable behaviour. I don't understand why the escape character should be left in; this is one of the reason why UNIX-style

RE: [Python-Dev] Re: [Csv] Minor change to behaviour of csv module

2005-01-07 Thread Michael Chermside
Andrew explains that in the CSV module, escape characters are not properly removed. Magnus writes: > IMO this is the *only* reasonable behaviour. I don't understand why > the escape character should be left in; this is one of the reason why > UNIX-style colon-separated values don't work with the c