> This would only be helpful when the CSV is on the disk but csv.reader() > takes a file object so that it can used with anything like a socket for > example. json.load() does the same thing. >
There has been discussion about adding loading from a “path like” to the JSON lib. See this list about ten months ago and a recent thread on discuss. There resistance, but it ended with the idea that maybe there should be a PEP for a common interface for all “file” readers — eg JSON, CSV, etc.. And that interface could be supported by third party libs. That interface *maybe* would include a single step load from a path-like functionality. It seems to me that it is better to keep a generic interface that are > composable. > No one is suggesting removing the load-from-a-file-like interface. I have no idea why the fact that some people sometimes need a more flexible interface (maybe most people, even) somehow means that we shouldn’t make things easy and obvious for a common use case. -CHB > Cheers, > Rémi > > > > ? And something similar for ‘csv.reader’? I’m not wedded to the details > here. > > The two main reasons I think this might be a positive addition are - > > * you wouldn’t have to know or remember the right way to open a CSV file > (newline=“”). > * it elides very common code. > > but perhaps there are things I’m missing here? > > As a side note, I think ‘csv.reader’ could usefully be renamed to > something else (maybe just Reader?), since it’s kind of out of sync with > the CamelCase used in ‘DictReader’. But maybe that’s just an attempt at > foolish consistency :). > > best, > —titus > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/EKHYCTYMXZG3VI4JYFA3Y3LD3ZNMI3IX/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/ZJNJQFC2LKQ76GTEBQNKTB3WO2POTKEN/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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