Re: csv.DictWriter.write_header()

2009-08-14 Thread Chris Withers
Alan G Isaac wrote: On 8/13/2009 7:58 AM John Machin apparently wrote: Duck typing: ask a silly question, get a silly answer. Maybe if you learned to be a more generous reader, fewer questions would look "silly" to you. If you take a look at the crap that John very patiently wades through on

Re: csv.DictWriter.write_header()

2009-08-14 Thread Alan G Isaac
> On Aug 13, 1:15 pm, Alan G Isaac wrote: >> I do not understand the reason for your silly, sarcastic response. On 8/13/2009 7:58 AM John Machin apparently wrote: > Duck typing: ask a silly question, get a silly answer. Maybe if you learned to be a more generous reader, fewer questions would lo

Re: csv.DictWriter.write_header()

2009-08-13 Thread Chris Rebert
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote: > Given a csv.DictWriter instance `dw` > I think it would be nice to be able to > say dw.write_header() > instead of > dw.writer.writerow(dw.fieldnames) > > Good idea? Maybe. You could file a bug: http://bugs.python.org/ Cheers, Chris -- http:

Re: csv.DictWriter.write_header()

2009-08-13 Thread John Machin
On Aug 13, 1:15 pm, Alan G Isaac wrote: > > On Aug 13, 6:45 am, Alan G Isaac wrote: > >> Given a csv.DictWriter instance `dw` > >> I think it would be nice to be able to > >> say dw.write_header() > >> instead of > >> dw.writer.writerow(dw.fieldnames) > > >> Good idea? > > On 8/12/2009 10:24 PM J

Re: csv.DictWriter.write_header()

2009-08-12 Thread Alan G Isaac
> On Aug 13, 6:45 am, Alan G Isaac wrote: >> Given a csv.DictWriter instance `dw` >> I think it would be nice to be able to >> say dw.write_header() >> instead of >> dw.writer.writerow(dw.fieldnames) >> >> Good idea? On 8/12/2009 10:24 PM John Machin apparently wrote: > Yes, it's a brilliant ide

Re: csv.DictWriter.write_header()

2009-08-12 Thread John Machin
On Aug 13, 6:45 am, Alan G Isaac wrote: > Given a csv.DictWriter instance `dw` > I think it would be nice to be able to > say dw.write_header() > instead of > dw.writer.writerow(dw.fieldnames) > > Good idea? Yes, it's a brilliant idea. All you have to do is insert the following lines in your code