Bugs item #1599055, was opened at 2006-11-19 01:47
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Closed
Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Stephen Day (shday)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: csv module does not handle '\x00'
Initial Comment:
The following from an interactive session failed instead of just returning the
'\x00':
>>> r = csv.reader(['a,line,with,a,null,\x00,byte'])
>>> r.next()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#31>", line 1, in -toplevel-
r.next()
Error: string with NUL bytes
>>>
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Comment By: j_70 (j_70)
Date: 2006-11-30 21:14
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Could someone post a try / except block that handles this.
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Comment By: Skip Montanaro (montanaro)
Date: 2006-11-19 20:17
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If the device is transmitting the occasional spurious you might try
wrapping
your file object in a class which simply deletes any NUL bytes it
encounters.
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Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-11-19 17:23
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The core of the csv module is coded in C, so null bytes are as always
notoriously problematic when handling strings.
(This is why there's a specific error message only for null bytes.)
I think that the try-except is the sanest solution to this.
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Comment By: Stephen Day (shday)
Date: 2006-11-19 17:08
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I've been using the csv module to parse data coming from a serial port of
a lab instrument. Occasionally the instrument transmits a lone /x00 (maybe
when the power cycles, I'm not sure). Anyhow, I'm now using a try-except
statement to catch the error.
I guess my answer to your question is that I think the module should
handle whatever string you pass it. Is there a specific reason not to
handle /x00?
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Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-11-19 15:09
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Why do you think a CSV reader should support null bytes?
CSV is a text format, not a binary one.
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