[issue33158] Add fileobj property to csv reader and writer objects

[Irit Katriel]

Change by Irit Katriel :


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[issue33158] Add fileobj property to csv reader and writer objects

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka  added the comment:

> A fileobj property would be convenient, as you otherwise, for example, need 
> to pass an extra argument to routines that need both the csv object and the 
> underlying file object.

But you should already have this object for creating csv.reader() or 
csv.writer().

Even if keep the argument of the constructor as an instance attribute, there is 
a problem with naming this attribute. csv.reader works not only with files. It 
accepts arbitrary iterable.

>>> it = iter(['Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Baked Beans', 'Spam, Lovely Spam, 
>>> Wonderful Spam'])
>>> list(csv.reader(it))
[['Spam', ' Spam', ' Spam', ' Spam', ' Spam', ' Baked Beans'], ['Spam', ' 
Lovely Spam', ' Wonderful Spam']]

The dialect property is not a copy of the dialect constructer argument.

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[issue33158] Add fileobj property to csv reader and writer objects

[Samwyse]

New submission from Samwyse :

Many objects have properties that allow access to the arguments used to create 
them.  In particular, file objects have a name property that returns the name 
used when opening a file.  A fileobj property would be convenient, as you 
otherwise, for example, need to pass an extra argument to routines that need 
both the csv object and the underlying file object.  Adopting this enhancement 
would also provide consistency with the dialect constructer argument, which is 
available as an object property.

Changing the fileobj while the csv object is in use would open a can of worms, 
so this should be a read-only property.

Optionally, the fileobj property could be reflected in the DictReader and 
DictWriter classes, but the value would be accessible via the .reader and 
.writer properties of those classes.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 314538
nosy: samwyse
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add fileobj property to csv reader and writer objects
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.8

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