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by moron4hire 4067 days ago
I get the feeling this guy hasn't had to deal with CSV in-the-wild. RFC4180 is a false prophet. I've never had a client give me CSV data that was actual, good CSV, thus I've always had to write a custom parser. Every. Single. Time.

Well, not anymore. Now I just refuse to do shit. "We can't change it" turns into "we contacted the original developer and made him fix his broken shit" when I turn into a complete pain in the ass.