diff -ru a/csv.py b/csv.py
--- a/csv.py	2010-02-23 22:09:52.000000000 +0100
+++ b/csv.py	2010-11-24 21:46:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
         matches = []
         for restr in ('(?P<delim>[^\w\n"\'])(?P<space> ?)(?P<quote>["\']).*?(?P=quote)(?P=delim)', # ,".*?",
                       '(?:^|\n)(?P<quote>["\']).*?(?P=quote)(?P<delim>[^\w\n"\'])(?P<space> ?)',   #  ".*?",
-                      '(?P<delim>>[^\w\n"\'])(?P<space> ?)(?P<quote>["\']).*?(?P=quote)(?:$|\n)',  # ,".*?"
+                      '(?P<delim>[^\w\n"\'])(?P<space> ?)(?P<quote>["\']).*?(?P=quote)(?:$|\n)',  # ,".*?"
                       '(?:^|\n)(?P<quote>["\']).*?(?P=quote)(?:$|\n)'):                            #  ".*?" (no delim, no space)
             regexp = re.compile(restr, re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE)
             matches = regexp.findall(data)