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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+we need a simple data reader;  let's test it!
+"""
+
+# See also and to combine with:
+# http://k0s.org/hg/numerics/file/tip/numerics/read.py
+
+import os
+import unittest
+from tvii.read import read
+
+here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+data = os.path.join(here, 'data')
+
+class TestReadData(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_csv_vs_tsv(self):
+        """really, not tsv; its actually space separated"""
+
+        csv_file = os.path.join(data, 'linear.csv')
+        csv_array = read(csv_file)
+
+        tsv_file = os.path.join(data, 'linear.tsv')
+        tsv_array = read(tsv_file)
+
+        assert tsv_array == csv_array
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()