Re:Friends don't let friends export to CSV
by iainmerrick on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @08:52AM
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I was responding to the GP's:
USVs are easy to edit in a text editor
I don't see how that's the case.
If a format with sane separators was common, so would editors that could edit that format be
Sure, but that's a hypothetical future editor, not something that currently exists.
Edit to add: I also disagree with "sane" in that context. New separators won't solve anything. You'll always need escaping/encoding/encapsulation; get that right and everything else follows. JSON is comma-separated and does just fine.
USVs are easy to edit in a text editor
I don't see how that's the case.
If a format with sane separators was common, so would editors that could edit that format be
Sure, but that's a hypothetical future editor, not something that currently exists.
Edit to add: I also disagree with "sane" in that context. New separators won't solve anything. You'll always need escaping/encoding/encapsulation; get that right and everything else follows. JSON is comma-separated and does just fine.