[Csv] csv.QUOTE_NEVER?

Andrew McNamara andrewm at object-craft.com.au
Mon Feb 3 04:51:02 CET 2003


>Skip> The three quoting constants are currently defined as
>Skip> QUOTE_MINIMAL, QUOTE_ALL and QUOTE_NONNUMERIC.  Didn't we decide
>Skip> there would be a QUOTE_NEVER constant as well?
>
>I was going to define QUOTE_NEVER then realised that all you have to
>do is set quotechar to None.  Why add the effort of implementing two
>ways to achieve the same thing.

"quotechar" as None probably should be illegal in the new module, and the 
"quoting" parameter used exclusively. This would be consistent with the
direction we've taken with other parameters.

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Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft
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