[issue27302] csv.Sniffer guesses wrong when unquoted fields contain quotes

Change by Irit Katriel : -- resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-b

[issue27302] csv.Sniffer guesses wrong when unquoted fields contain quotes

R. David Murray added the comment: Sniff is a heuristic. If you can suggest a way to improve the heuristic, great. A particular failed guess isn't really a bug, though. -- nosy: +r.david.murray ___ Python tracker

[issue27302] csv.Sniffer guesses wrong when unquoted fields contain quotes

New submission from Redoute: When delimited text fields are not quoted, but embedded text contains some quoted words, sniff() will guess the wrong delimiter. The attached script contains a simple tab-delimited text where sniff() detects space as delimiter. -- components: Library (Lib)