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by derefr 1767 days ago
> that it can only have scalars in it (no sub-arrays or objects)

I see CSV files that contain JSON arrays/objects in their fields all the time. Mainly from exporting Postgres tables that contain json/jsonb-typed columns. Are you saying that these aren't valid CSVs?
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zerocrates 1767 days ago
They're saying that a CSV equivalent should be strictly 2-dimensional, with "flat" values.

Such a format could contain arbitrary JSON in a "cell", but simply as text, in the same way as putting the same data in a CSV.

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shaftoe 1766 days ago
These are strings containing JSON
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