Index: Doc/library/csv.rst
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--- Doc/library/csv.rst	(revision 59940)
+++ Doc/library/csv.rst	(working copy)
@@ -161,7 +161,19 @@
 
 The :mod:`csv` module defines the following classes:
 
+.. class:: NamedTupleReader(csvfile, namedtuple[, restkey=None[, restval=None[, dialect='excel'[, *args, **kwds]]]])
 
+  Create an object which operates like a regular reader but maps the information
+  read into a *namedtuple* whose fields can be accessed using attribute lookup.
+  If *namedtuple* is a string, then it will be used as the typename and
+  the values in the first row of the *csvfile* will be used as the fieldnames.
+  If the row read has fewer fields than the fieldnames sequence, the value of
+  *restval* will be used as the default value.  If the row read has more fields
+  than the fieldnames sequence, then the extra fields will be clipped unless
+  *restkey* has been specified.  If it is has, then the extra fields are stored
+  as a single list in the last field, named is *restkey*.  Any other optional or
+  keyword arguments are passed to the underlying :class:`reader` instance. 
+
 .. class:: DictReader(csvfile[, fieldnames=None[, restkey=None[, restval=None[, dialect='excel'[, *args, **kwds]]]]])
 
    Create an object which operates like a regular reader but maps the information
Index: Lib/csv.py
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--- Lib/csv.py	(revision 59940)
+++ Lib/csv.py	(working copy)
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
                  QUOTE_MINIMAL, QUOTE_ALL, QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, QUOTE_NONE, \
                  __doc__
 from _csv import Dialect as _Dialect
+from collections import namedtuple as _namedtuple
 
 try:
     from cStringIO import StringIO
@@ -67,7 +68,31 @@
     delimiter = '\t'
 register_dialect("excel-tab", excel_tab)
 
+def NamedTupleReader(f, namedtuple, restkey=None, restval=None, dialect="excel", *args, **kwds):
+    
+    if isinstance(namedtuple, basestring):
+        typename = namedtuple
+        namedtuple = None
+        n = 0
+    else:
+        n = len(namedtuple._fields)
 
+    for row in reader(f, dialect, *args, **kwds):
+        if namedtuple is None:
+            n = len(row)
+            namedtuple = _namedtuple(typename, row + [restkey])
+            continue
+        if not row:                             # skip blank inputs
+            continue
+        if len(row) < n:                        # pad missing fields with restval
+            row += [restval] * (n - len(row))
+        if restkey is None:                     # either clip or assign to restkey
+            row = row[:n]
+        else:
+            row[n:] = [row[n:]]
+        yield namedtuple._make(row)
+
+
 class DictReader:
     def __init__(self, f, fieldnames=None, restkey=None, restval=None,
                  dialect="excel", *args, **kwds):