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Tips on JSON

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

Shortcomes of JSON

It is suggested that you avoid using the JSON format! TOML and YAML are better text-based alternatives. If readability is not a concern, a binary serialization format is …

Serialization and deserialization in Python

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  1. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is suggested that you avoid using it . Please refer to Shotcomes of JSON for detailed discussions on this. TOML and YAML …

Read and Write CSV Files in Rust

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Tips and Traps

  1. By defaut, csv::Reader requires headers.

  2. When the csv crate is used together with the serde crate for deserialization, CSV files to be parsed have to be strictly well formatted. For example, the headers in CSV files have to match the defintion in the serde struct. Otherwise, the code will panic with an error of "missing fields".