On 2013-04-23 09:30, Tim Chase wrote: > > But a csv.DictReader might still be more efficient. I never > > tested. This is the only place I've used this "optimization". > > It's fast enough. ;) > > I believe the csv module does all the work at c-level, rather than > as pure Python, so it should be notably faster.
A little digging shows that csv.DictReader is pure Python, using the underlying _csv.reader which is written in C for speed. -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
