New submission from sfinnie <scott.fin...@gmail.com>:
Running the examples in the csv module docs
(http://docs.python.org/library/csv.html) causes problems reading file on a
mac. This is highlighted in issue 1072404
(http://bugs.python.org/issue1072404).
Commentary on the bug indicates a no fix, meaning most/many people using a mac
will get an error if they use the sample code in the docs.
A simpler solution would be to use universal newline mode in the doc examples.
This is actually mentioned in commentary on the bug, and appears to work.
Proposal
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In all example code blocks, use mode 'rU' when opening the file. 1st code
block, for example, would become:
spamReader = csv.reader(open('eggs.csv', 'rU'), delimiter=' ', quotechar='|')
That should solve the problem on mac without impacting compatibility on other
operating systems. Note: Haven't been able to verify this on other platforms.
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assignee: georg.brandl
components: Documentation
messages: 103086
nosy: georg.brandl, sfinnie
severity: normal
status: open
title: use universal newline mode in csv module examples
type: feature request
versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7
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