Re: [Python-Dev] These csv test cases seem incorrect to me...

2007-03-14 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Hi Skip, On 2007-03-12 03:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I decided it would be worthwhile to have a csv module written in Python (no > C underpinnings) for a number of reasons: > > * It will probably be easier to add Unicode support to a Python version > > * More people will be able to r

Re: [Python-Dev] These csv test cases seem incorrect to me...

2007-03-11 Thread skip
>> I'm far from having anything which will pass the current test suite, >> but in diagnosing some of my current failures I noticed a couple test >> cases which seem wrong. In the TestDialectExcel class I see these >> two questionable tests: >> >> def test_quotes_and_more(

Re: [Python-Dev] These csv test cases seem incorrect to me...

2007-03-11 Thread Jon Ribbens
Andrew McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The point was to produce the same results as Excel. Sure, Excel probably > doesn't generate crap like this itself, but 3rd parties do, and people > complain if we don't parse it just like Excel (sigh). The slight problem with copying Excel is that Excel

Re: [Python-Dev] These csv test cases seem incorrect to me...

2007-03-11 Thread Andrew McNamara
>I decided it would be worthwhile to have a csv module written in Python (no >C underpinnings) for a number of reasons: Several other people have already done this. I will forward you their e-mail address in a separate private e-mail. >I'm far from having anything which will pass the current test