Where is the syntax for the dict() constructor ?!

[Hendrik van Rooyen]

 "Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch" <bj_666 at ....net> wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:34:55 +0200, Hendrik van Rooyen wrote:
> 
> > You can even do it more simply - by writing a GetField() that
> > scans for either the delimiter or end of line or end of file, and 
> > returns the "field" found, along with the delimiter that caused 
> > it to exit, and then writing a GetRecord() that repetitively calls
> > the GetField and assembles the row record until the delimiter 
> > returned is either the end of line or the end of file, remembering 
> > that the returned field may be empty, and handling the cases based 
> > on the delimiter returned when it is.
> > 
> > This also makes all the decisions based on the current character
> > read, no lookahead as far as I can see.
> > 
> > Also no state variables, no switch statements...
> > 
> > Is this the method that you would call "Mickey Mouse"?
> 
> Maybe, because you've left out all handling of quoting and escape
> characters here.  Consider this:
> 
> erik,viking,"ham, spam and eggs","He said ""Ni!""","line one
> line two"
> 
> That's 5 elements:
> 
> 1: eric
> 2: viking
> 3: ham, spam and eggs
> 4: He said "Ni!"
> 5: line one
>    line two

Also true - What can I say - I can only wriggle and mutter...

I see that you escaped the quotes by doubling them up -
What would the following parse to?:

 erik,viking,ham, spam and eggs,He said "Ni!",line one
 line two

- Hendrik