CSV ignores lineterminator

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> I haven't the time to think deep thoughts about this problem at the
    >> moment. You might want to post to the csv mailing list
    >> (csv at mail.mojam.com) and see if one of the other csv folks can
    >> provide a more coherent/accurate answer.

    Jeffrey> For the record, the answer that I got back from one of the
    Jeffrey> developers is that lineterminator is used only for output.

FWIW, I'm one of the module's developers but don't currently use it daily
and have forgotten many of those sorts of subtleties.  When I was actively
working on it I tended to focus on the somewhat higher level DictReader and
DictWriter classes.

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