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Subject: Re: [Csv] Documentation...
From: Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro () gmail ! com>
Date: 2011-03-09 13:33:29
Message-ID: AANLkTi=3dJYn3taBTajbjnpJcbuicsQ6ncSkytap65jN () mail ! gmail ! com
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Please assign it to me. There are a couple examples I should fix as well.
This will serve as a reminder.
On Mar 8, 2011 11:02 PM, "Andrew McNamara" <andrewm@object-craft.com.au>
wrote:
>>Thanks for all the great work you guys do. It is really appreciated.
>>
>>I have just been looking at the csv module and I noted the following
comment
>>in the preamble...
>>
>>There is no "CSV standard", so the format is operationally defined by the
>>many applications which read and write it. The lack of a standard means
that
>>subtle differences often exist in the data produced and consumed by
>>different applications.
>>
>>There is rfc4180.
>>
>>Perhaps it could read something like:
>>
>>CSV has been used for many years prior to attempts to standardise it in
>>RFC4180. This has resulted in subtle differences often exist in the data
>>produced and consumed by different applications.
>
> Excellent suggestion (RFC4180 didn't exist when we wrote the CSV
> module). I suggest you create a "bug" in the python issue tracker and
> assign it to the "documentation" component:
>
> http://bugs.python.org/
>
> I'll add a note agreeing with your suggestion.
>
> --
> Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft
> http://www.object-craft.com.au/
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<p>Please assign it to me. There are a couple examples I should fix as well. This \
will serve as a reminder.</p> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 8, 2011 11:02 PM, \
"Andrew McNamara" <<a \
href="mailto:andrewm@object-craft.com.au">andrewm@object-craft.com.au</a>> \
wrote:<br type="attribution">>>Thanks for all the great work you guys do. It \
is really appreciated.<br> >><br>>>I have just been looking at the csv \
module and I noted the following comment<br>>>in the \
preamble...<br>>><br>>>There is no "CSV standard", so the \
format is operationally defined by the<br> >>many applications which read and \
write it. The lack of a standard means that<br>>>subtle differences often exist \
in the data produced and consumed by<br>>>different \
applications.<br>>><br>>>There is rfc4180.<br> \
>><br>>>Perhaps it could read something like:<br>>><br>>>CSV \
has been used for many years prior to attempts to standardise it \
in<br>>>RFC4180. This has resulted in subtle differences often exist in the \
data<br> >>produced and consumed by different applications.<br>> <br>> \
Excellent suggestion (RFC4180 didn't exist when we wrote the CSV<br>> module). \
I suggest you create a "bug" in the python issue tracker and<br> > \
assign it to the "documentation" component:<br>> <br>> <a \
href="http://bugs.python.org/">http://bugs.python.org/</a><br>> <br>> I'll \
add a note agreeing with your suggestion.<br>> <br> > -- <br>> Andrew \
McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft<br>> <a \
href="http://www.object-craft.com.au/">http://www.object-craft.com.au/</a><br>> \
_______________________________________________<br>> Csv mailing list<br> > <a \
href="mailto:Csv@python.org">Csv@python.org</a><br>> <a \
href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/csv">http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/csv</a><br></div>
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