Added common.tsv

turian · Apr 21, 2009 · 0357613 · 0357613
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+"""
+Tab-separated values.
+Code from Shannon -jj Behrens: http://markmail.org/message/qeo4tyuqxsoziael
+"""
+
+import csv
+
+DEFAULT_KARGS = dict(dialect='excel-tab', lineterminator='\n')
+
+def create_default_reader(iterable):
+    """Return a csv.reader with our default options."""
+    return csv.reader(iterable, **DEFAULT_KARGS)
+
+def create_default_writer(iterable):
+    """Return a csv.writer with our default options."""
+    return csv.writer(iterable, **DEFAULT_KARGS)