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		thayne on March 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Friends don't let friends export to CSV And the application doesn't try to convert the cells into non-string data types like numbers, dates, etc.

nradov on March 26, 2024 [–]

Converting strings into other data types is out of scope for CSV, not really undefined behavior. The type conversions happen at a later stage of the import process.

thayne on March 26, 2024 | [–]

It's out of scope for the RFC, but it could still be undefined behavior for the import/export process.

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