>> The docs clearly state what the defaults are, but they are not >> in the code. It seems so clumsy to have to specify every one of >> these, just to change the delimiter from comma to tab. >> >> http://docs.python.org/lib/csv-fmt-params.html : > > The "it defaults to" clauses should probably be seen in the context of > the two "the programmer can" sentences in the first paragraph on that > page; the default is what's used if you don't do that. > > I agree that the first paragraph could need some work. Any volunteers? > > </F> >
I agree with Henryk's evaluation, but if Dialect is to remain, why not just fix all of the 'None' assignments in the class definition to match the sensible defaults that are already in the docs? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
