csv module strangeness.

[Fredrik Lundh]

tobiah wrote:

>> you may be misreading the docs; the Dialect has no values at all, and 
>> must be subclassed (and the subclass must provide settings). 
> 
> The docs clearly state what the defaults are, but they are not
> in the code.  It seems so clumsy to have to specify every one 
> of these, just to change the delimiter from comma to tab.
> 
> http://docs.python.org/lib/csv-fmt-params.html : 

The "it defaults to" clauses should probably be seen in the context of 
the two "the programmer can" sentences in the first paragraph on that 
page; the default is what's used if you don't do that.

I agree that the first paragraph could need some work.  Any volunteers?

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