Raymond> Would the csv module be a good place to add a DBF reader and
Raymond> writer?
Not really.
Raymond> I've posted a draft on ASPN. It interoperates well with the
Raymond> rest of the CSV module because it also accepts/returns a list
Raymond> of fieldnames and a sequenc
>Would the csv module be a good place to add a DBF reader and writer?
I would have thought it would make sense as it's own module (in the same
way that we have separate modules that present a common interface for
the different databases), or am I missing something?
I'd certainly like to see a D
Would the csv module be a good place to add a DBF reader and writer?
Dbase's dbf file format is one of the oldest, simplest and more common
database interchange formats. It can be a good alternative to CSV as a
means of sharing data with pre-existing, non-python apps.
On the plus side, it has
[Andrew McNamara]
>> Also, review comments from Jeremy Hylton, 10 Apr 2003:
>>
>>I've been reviewing extension modules looking for C types that should
>>participate in garbage collection. I think the csv ReaderObj and
>>WriterObj should participate. The ReaderObj it contains a referen
Skip Montanaro wrote:
> Andrew> There's a bunch of jobs we (CSV module
> maintainers) have been
> Andrew> putting off - attached is a list (in no particular order):
>
> ...
>
> In addition, it occurred to me this evening that there's
> functionality in the csv module I don't think a
>Andrew> There's a bunch of jobs we (CSV module maintainers) have been
>Andrew> putting off - attached is a list (in no particular order):
>...
>
>In addition, it occurred to me this evening that there's functionality in
>the csv module I don't think anybody uses.
It's very difficult
