CSV are no better than markdown tables to edit by hand. However they’re convenient in that you don’t have to do that and can use a spreadsheet. rST allows usin

CSV are no better than markdown tables to edit by hand. However they’re convenient in that you don’t have to do that and can use a spreadsheet. rST allows using a csv as a table and that’s mighty convenient. An other thing that’s mighty convenient is rST allows rendering a nested list as a table. It’s not amazing because each list item is a row rather than a column, but it is a lot less confusing than having to edit a markdown table if you’re not in a table-aware editor.