Re: [Python-Dev] [Csv] skipfinalspace

2008-10-21 Thread Magnus Lie Hetland
On Oct 20, 2008, at 09:48, John Machin wrote: Based on my experience extracting data from innumerable csv files (and infinite varieties thereof), spreadsheet files, and database tables, in 99.99% of cases one should automatically apply the following transformations to each text field: *

Re: [Python-Dev] [Csv] skipfinalspace

2008-10-21 Thread Tom Brown
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 00:48, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Brown wrote: > >> (Continuing thread started at >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/csv/2008-October/000688.html) >> >> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 16:46, Andrew McNamara < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrot

Re: [Python-Dev] [Csv] skipfinalspace

2008-10-20 Thread John Machin
Tom Brown wrote: (Continuing thread started at http://mail.python.org/pipermail/csv/2008-October/000688.html) On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 16:46, Andrew McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >I downloaded the 2.6 source tar ball, but is it too late for new featur

Re: [Python-Dev] [Csv] skipfinalspace

2008-10-19 Thread Andrew McNamara
>>>I downloaded the 2.6 source tar ball, but is it too late for new >>>features to get into versions <3? >> >> Yep. Sigh - I should slow down and actually read the e-mail I'm replying to. It is not too late to get features into versions <3. It is, however, too late to get features into 2.6, which

Re: [Python-Dev] [Csv] skipfinalspace

2008-10-19 Thread Tom Brown
(Continuing thread started at http://mail.python.org/pipermail/csv/2008-October/000688.html) On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 16:46, Andrew McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >I downloaded the 2.6 source tar ball, but is it too late for new features > to > >get into versions <3? > > Yep. > > >How would y