Issue #13573: The csv.writer now uses the repr() for floats rather than str().
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_csv.py b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
index 7b16e2d..681cfd8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_csv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
@@ -207,6 +207,18 @@
fileobj.close()
os.unlink(name)
+ def test_write_float(self):
+ # Issue 13573: loss of precision because csv.writer
+ # uses str() for floats instead of repr()
+ orig_row = [1.234567890123, 1.0/7.0, 'abc']
+ f = StringIO()
+ c = csv.writer(f, quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC)
+ c.writerow(orig_row)
+ f.seek(0)
+ c = csv.reader(f, quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC)
+ new_row = next(c)
+ self.assertEqual(orig_row, new_row)
+
def _read_test(self, input, expect, **kwargs):
reader = csv.reader(input, **kwargs)
result = list(reader)
@@ -784,7 +796,7 @@
try:
writer = csv.writer(fileobj, dialect="excel")
writer.writerow(a)
- expected = ",".join([str(i) for i in a])+"\r\n"
+ expected = ",".join([repr(i) for i in a])+"\r\n"
fileobj.seek(0)
self.assertEqual(fileobj.read(), expected)
finally:
@@ -800,7 +812,7 @@
try:
writer = csv.writer(fileobj, dialect="excel")
writer.writerow(a)
- expected = ",".join([str(i) for i in a])+"\r\n"
+ expected = ",".join([repr(i) for i in a])+"\r\n"
fileobj.seek(0)
self.assertEqual(fileobj.read(), expected)
finally: