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I think his point is that it's not garbage from the user but garbage that the user needs to use. It's not as simple as invalid input or a bad copy/paste. The u
by epicide 9y ago
I think his point is that it's not garbage from the user but garbage that the user needs to use.
It's not as simple as invalid input or a bad copy/paste. The user likely cannot correct the CSV.
- jalk 9y agoBut every piece of software that accepts csv files cannot be expected to include an editor/data Wrangler mode that will allow the user to resolve encoding errors, ambiguities and inconsistencies, nor can it be expected to resolve those problems automagically
- masklinn 9y agoNot only can they be, they are. Or they stop accepting CSV.