> If you have those specified and everyone follows the specification, there shouldn't be any problems, right? Well, yes, but I feel that that's the point at wh

> If you have those specified and everyone follows the specification, there shouldn't be any problems, right? Well, yes, but I feel that that's the point at which CSV definitely earns its "ill-specified format" hat. Given that there is no way to extract the file specification from the file itself, you can only follow the specification if someone tells you the specification beforehand. You can even use the "wrong" specification and don't notice it because your specification overlaps with the "true" specification in the types of data you're typically seeing (looking at you, optional quotes).