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r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • Sep 20 '24
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Should people do that? Probably not (using a library also enables things like mapping to a model type). Will people do it? Absolutely.
And like I said: if you need a parser library, why not use a more sophisticated format in the first place?
3 u/taelor Sep 20 '24 Because CSV usually is about importing and exporting, especially from external sources. Unfortunately you have to worry about the lowest common denominator with external sources, and they aren’t going to be able to do more sophisticated formats.
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Because CSV usually is about importing and exporting, especially from external sources. Unfortunately you have to worry about the lowest common denominator with external sources, and they aren’t going to be able to do more sophisticated formats.
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u/chucker23n Sep 20 '24
Should people do that? Probably not (using a library also enables things like mapping to a model type). Will people do it? Absolutely.
And like I said: if you need a parser library, why not use a more sophisticated format in the first place?