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List:       python-csv
Subject:    [Csv] ignore blank lines?
From:       djc () object-craft ! com ! au (Dave Cole)
Date:       2003-02-27 8:33:14
Message-ID: m365r6nmwl.fsf () ferret ! object-craft ! com ! au
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    Dave> That is not strictly true.  We could come up with a dialect
    Dave> parameter which is unique to the Python csv module which does
    Dave> this:

    Dave>         abc,null,def   <-> ['abc', None, 'def']
    Dave>         abc,"null",def <-> ['abc', 'null', 'def']
    Dave>         abc,,def       <-> ['abc', '', 'def']

Skip> -1.  Too much chance for confusion and mistakes.  Quotes are for
Skip> quoting, not for data typing.

The point is to provide a round-trip for the DB-API.  I think you
would have rocks in your head if you tried to use or create this data
with anything other than the CSV module and the DB-API.

Anyway, it was just a thought.

- Dave

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