Unicode csv reader

csv_ureader.py

from unicodedata import normalize, combining
    
def unicode_( s ):
    """
    Convert string to unicode & Remove accents
    """
    ustr = u''.join( ucharlist( '%s'%s ) )
    nkfd = normalize( 'NFKD', ustr )
    return u''.join( [ c for c in nkfd if not combining(c) ] )

ucharlist = lambda a: [ unichr( ord(c) ) for c in a ]
ulist     = lambda a: [ unicode_(i) for i in a ]
utuple    = lambda a,b: ( unicode_(a), unicode_(b) ) 
udict     = lambda a: dict( [ utuple(*i) for i in a.items() ] )


import csv

class CSV:
    
    @staticmethod
    def readlines(filename, delimiter=';'):
        """
        Yield each csv's row at a time
        """
        file_ = open( filename, 'rb' )
        rows  = csv.reader( file_, delimiter = delimiter )
        for row in rows:
            yield ulist( row )
    
    @staticmethod
    def readjson(filename, delimiter=';'):
        """
        Yield each csv's row as a dictionary except the first row
        """
        file_ = open( filename, 'rb' )
        rows  = csv.DictReader( file_, delimiter = delimiter )
        for row in rows:
            yield udict( row )