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by thayne 814 days ago
And the application doesn't try to convert the cells into non-string data types like numbers, dates, etc.
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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.
It's out of scope for the RFC, but it could still be undefined behavior for the import/export process.