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> have you ever seen a big data csv encoded in non-ascii numbers? Let me ask you this: How much data have you processed which comes from human user input in Ar
by einpoklum 2y ago
> have you ever seen a big data csv encoded in non-ascii numbers?
Let me ask you this: How much data have you processed which comes from human user input in Arabic-speaking countries?
- jcelerier 2y agoIf your CSV is defined to contain straight, unparsed user input it's wrong no matter the context. If it's defined to contain numbers then if at some point between [user input] and [csv output] you don't have a pass where the value is parsed, validated and converted to one of your programming language's actual number data types before being passed to your CSV writer, then your code is wrong.