--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/numerics/csvwriter.py	Fri Jan 09 14:17:33 2015 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import csv
+string = (str, unicode)
+__all__ = ['CSVWriter']
+
+class CSVWriter(object):
+    """a more sensible front-end to writing CSV files"""
+
+    def __init__(self, f, mode='a'):
+        if isinstance(f, string):
+            f = open(f, mode)
+        self.f = f
+        self.writer = csv.writer(f)
+
+    def __call__(self, *data):
+        self.writer.writerow(data)
+        self.f.flush()