{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/15"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides Python 3's csv module API for Python 2, with native Unicode support and consistent behavior across Python versions.","skillfed_tags":["python-2-legacy","csv-parsing"],"use_cases":["Migrating Python 2 codebases to use Python 3's csv semantics while still running on Python 2.","Reading and writing CSV files with Unicode content in Python 2 applications.","Ensuring consistent CSV handling across Python 2 and Python 3 during a gradual migration."],"what_it_does":"backports.csv backports Python 3's csv module to Python 2, bridging a significant API gap caused by differences in how str is handled between the two versions. Python 3's csv module natively supports Unicode, while Python 2's does not; this package brings that capability to Python 2 code.\n\nThe package provides a drop-in replacement by importing from `backports.csv` instead of the standard library. It has no runtime dependencies and installs with low friction. However, it is explicitly designed for Python 2, which reached end-of-life in 2020, and the package itself has been abandoned since 2019 with no further maintenance.","worth_installing":"No. This package is abandoned and designed for Python 2, which is no longer supported. If you are on Python 2, you should migrate to Python 3, where the csv module is built-in and fully featured. If you are already on Python 3, use the standard library csv module directly. There is no modern use case for this backport."},"id":"backports-csv","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/backports-csv","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/backports-csv.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/backports-csv/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2019-03-11","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"backports.csv","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Backport of Python 3 csv module"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":147203,"position":11075,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.0.7"}