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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libcsv.tex | 14 |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex b/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex index 24b063e..f2dc912 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ The \module{csv} module defines the following classes: restkey=\constant{None}\optional{, restval=\constant{None}\optional{, dialect=\code{'excel'}\optional{, - fmtparam}}}}}} + *args, **kwds}}}}}} Create an object which operates like a regular reader but maps the information read into a dict whose keys are given by the optional {} \var{fieldnames} @@ -133,15 +133,16 @@ the value of \var{restval} will be used as the default value. If the row read has more fields than the fieldnames sequence, the remaining data is added as a sequence keyed by the value of \var{restkey}. If the row read has fewer fields than the fieldnames sequence, the remaining keys take the -value of the optional \var{restval} parameter. All other parameters are -interpreted as for \class{reader} objects. +value of the optional \var{restval} parameter. Any other optional or +keyword arguments are passed to the underlying \class{reader} instance. \end{classdesc} \begin{classdesc}{DictWriter}{csvfile, fieldnames\optional{, restval=""\optional{, extrasaction=\code{'raise'}\optional{, - dialect=\code{'excel'}\optional{, fmtparam}}}}} + dialect=\code{'excel'}\optional{, + *args, **kwds}}}}} Create an object which operates like a regular writer but maps dictionaries onto output rows. The \var{fieldnames} parameter identifies the order in which values in the dictionary passed to the \method{writerow()} method are @@ -151,8 +152,9 @@ specifies the value to be written if the dictionary is missing a key in method contains a key not found in \var{fieldnames}, the optional \var{extrasaction} parameter indicates what action to take. If it is set to \code{'raise'} a \exception{ValueError} is raised. If it is set to -\code{'ignore'}, extra values in the dictionary are ignored. All other -parameters are interpreted as for \class{writer} objects. +\code{'ignore'}, extra values in the dictionary are ignored. Any other +optional or keyword arguments are passed to the underlying \class{writer} +instance. Note that unlike the \class{DictReader} class, the \var{fieldnames} parameter of the \class{DictWriter} is not optional. Since Python's |