From tony at tony.gen.nz  Wed Mar  2 22:12:58 2011
From: tony at tony.gen.nz (Tony Wallace)
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:12:58 +1300
Subject: [Csv] Documentation...
Message-ID: <AANLkTinqS2pEdVMi5-r5skYbOSUskpj4HPOi+D=BRXbA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all

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.


For your consideration:
Tony Wallace
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From andrewm at object-craft.com.au  Wed Mar  9 05:56:20 2011
From: andrewm at object-craft.com.au (Andrew McNamara)
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:56:20 +1100
Subject: [Csv] Documentation...
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Message-ID: <20110309045620.BC88F20223@longblack.object-craft.com.au>

>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/

From skip.montanaro at gmail.com  Wed Mar  9 14:33:29 2011
From: skip.montanaro at gmail.com (Skip Montanaro)
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 07:33:29 -0600
Subject: [Csv] Documentation...
In-Reply-To: <20110309045620.BC88F20223@longblack.object-craft.com.au>
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	<20110309045620.BC88F20223@longblack.object-craft.com.au>
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=3dJYn3taBTajbjnpJcbuicsQ6ncSkytap65jN@mail.gmail.com>

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 at 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/
> _______________________________________________
> Csv mailing list
> Csv at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/csv
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From tony at tony.gen.nz  Wed Mar  9 23:34:09 2011
From: tony at tony.gen.nz (Tony Wallace)
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:34:09 +1300
Subject: [Csv] Issue 11456 created at python.org
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=HtCKo_9LH7xzFP2Ny7Tj6HxYDMhrx=4CmAq8T@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Skip

Finding my way around.   I did not know how to assign the bug report to you
(admin function?) but it is created.


Tony
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From skip at pobox.com  Wed Mar  9 23:41:49 2011
From: skip at pobox.com (skip at pobox.com)
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 16:41:49 -0600
Subject: [Csv] Issue 11456 created at python.org
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Message-ID: <19832.557.244542.725769@montanaro.dyndns.org>


    Tony> Finding my way around.  I did not know how to assign the bug
    Tony> report to you (admin function?) but it is created.

That's okay.  One of the other Python devs assigned it to me.

Skip