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0 pointsoutop1y ago0 comments

Well, most code that loads CSVs is intended to work with certain files from certain sources, and not with all the CSVs that have ever existed.

So yes, I am happy with code that works for a subset of files. There are thousands of applications which work with CSVs and they all do exactly this.

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eviks1y ago

and those thousands of apps bug because they exist in a reality where few CSVs from certain sources can have different formats, not in the fantasy world where intention to work with certain files becomes a binding specification

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0 pointsoutop1y ago0 comments

Well, most code that loads CSVs is intended to work with certain files from certain sources, and not with all the CSVs that have ever existed.

So yes, I am happy with code that works for a subset of files. There are thousands of applications which work with CSVs and they all do exactly this.

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eviks1y ago

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