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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex b/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex index 65053c7..8e10ccf 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libcsv.tex @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The \module{csv} module defines the following functions: Return a reader object which will iterate over lines in the given {}\var{csvfile}. \var{csvfile} can be any object which supports the iterator protocol and returns a string each time its \method{next} -method is called - file objects and list objects are both suitable. +method is called --- file objects and list objects are both suitable. If \var{csvfile} is a file object, it must be opened with the 'b' flag on platforms where that makes a difference. An optional {}\var{dialect} parameter can be given @@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ Parameters'' for details of these parameters. All data read are returned as strings. No automatic data type conversion is performed. + +\versionchanged[ +The parser is now stricter with respect to multi-line quoted +fields. Previously, if a line ended within a quoted field without a +terminating newline character, a newline would be inserted into the +returned field. This behavior caused problems when reading files +which contained carriage return characters within fields. The +behavior was changed to return the field without inserting newlines. As +a consequence, if newlines embedded within fields are important, the +input should be split into lines in a manner which preserves the newline +characters]{2.5} + \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{writer}{csvfile\optional{, @@ -404,7 +416,7 @@ csv.register_dialect('unixpwd', delimiter=':', quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE) reader = csv.reader(open("passwd", "rb"), 'unixpwd') \end{verbatim} -A slightly more advanced use of the reader - catching and reporting errors: +A slightly more advanced use of the reader --- catching and reporting errors: \begin{verbatim} import csv, sys |