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diff --git a/Doc/library/csv.rst b/Doc/library/csv.rst index 19123c6..46302ef 100644 --- a/Doc/library/csv.rst +++ b/Doc/library/csv.rst @@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ .. sectionauthor:: Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> -.. versionadded:: 2.3 - .. index:: single: csv pair: data; tabular @@ -77,14 +75,13 @@ The :mod:`csv` module defines the following functions: All data read are returned as strings. No automatic data type conversion is performed. - .. versionchanged:: 2.5 - 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. + The parser is quite strict 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. .. function:: writer(csvfile[, dialect='excel'][, fmtparam]) @@ -138,11 +135,9 @@ The :mod:`csv` module defines the following functions: Returns the current maximum field size allowed by the parser. If *new_limit* is given, this becomes the new limit. - .. versionadded:: 2.5 The :mod:`csv` module defines the following classes: - .. class:: DictReader(csvfile[, fieldnames=:const:None,[, restkey=:const:None[, restval=None[, dialect='excel'[, *args, **kwds]]]]]) Create an object which operates like a regular reader but maps the information @@ -352,7 +347,6 @@ Reader objects have the following public attributes: The number of lines read from the source iterator. This is not the same as the number of records returned, as records can span multiple lines. - .. versionadded:: 2.5 Writer Objects |