[Fwd: Re: DSV replacement with csv]

Roger Binns wrote:

> How do you handle unicode?  (The csv module barfs, I think DSV gets it
> right by accident not design).


Unicode is outside of the scope of csv. As recently discussed on clp, 
csv deals exclusively with bytes. However IIRC Unicode inside "" passes.
I have to do some extra tests.

> The DSV module has two very nice features.  One is that it guesses the
> delimiter (and even gets it right sometimes :-) and the other is that
> it guesses if the first row is a header row (and gets that right 
> sometimes
> as well :-)


Same for csv.

> BitPim currently has almost every possible Python/C integration method
> in use!  There is Swig for the usb stuff, half Swig/half C++ for Windows
> Address Book (currently unused) and full custom code for APSW and string
> matching.


I have experience with swig, boost and Pyrex.

> I presume you saw the todo list - http://bitpim.org/todo.html


sure

> There are several other items not on there as well such as tighter 
> integration
> on Linux and Mac.  Are you interested in algorithms, user interface, OS
> plumbing?


Currently I can use only Windows and yes, I am in that order.

Mike




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