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Re:Friends don't let friends export to CSV by rightbyte on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @03:43AM (#39825121)
It doesn't matter if the sentinel byte is after or before each record.

Having it before is nice for syncing byte streams.

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Re:Friends don't let friends export to CSV by wombatpm on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @10:24AM (#39828227)
It matters when you trying to roundtrip the data through a text editor because existing tools balk at a 300MB file with a single line.
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