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    me> Using a file with the following contents:

    me>     >>> open("tabber.csv", "rb").read()
    me>     '1\t2\tabc\n3\t4\tdef\n'

    me> I get:

    me>     >>> sniffer = csv.Sniffer()
    me>     >>> d = sniffer.sniff(open("tabber.csv", "rb").read())
    me>     >>> d.delimiter
    me>     '\t'

BTW, this also seems to work with a Mac-style EOL:

    >>> open("tabber.csv", "rb").read()
    '1\t2\tabc\r3\t4\tdef\r'
    >>> d = sniffer.sniff(open("tabber.csv", "rb").read())
    >>> d.delimiter
    '\t'

Perhaps this has been fixed in CVS.

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