[issue32116] CSV import and export simplified

2017-11-24 Thread Paul Long
Change by Paul Long <p...@paullong.net>: -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +4478 stage: -> patch review ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.pyt

[issue32116] CSV import and export simplified

2017-11-22 Thread Paul Long
Paul Long <p...@paullong.net> added the comment: Thanks for your advice. The reason it's not provided as a canned function is because different schools can use different programming languages, although the vast majority choose to use

[issue32116] CSV import and export simplified

2017-11-22 Thread Paul Long
Paul Long <p...@paullong.net> added the comment: I should have added that there are thousands of 15 year old students completing GCSE Computer Science who would benefit massively from this. All the exam boards in England require students to be able to read from and write to CSV

[issue32116] CSV import and export simplified

2017-11-22 Thread Paul Long
New submission from Paul Long <p...@paullong.net>: It would be helpful if the CSV module included standard functions that simplify the import of CSV files to a list and the export of CSV files to a list. Here's an example of what they could be: def csv2list(file_name): lis