https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167827

Mike Kaganski <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |NOTABUG

--- Comment #1 from Mike Kaganski <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Paolo Devoti from comment #0)
> when importing a quoted string it should be handled as a string and not as a
> number even if string content looks like a valid number

No.
There is absolutely no "data type" notion in CSV; and the only purpose of
quotes in it is not to designate "text", but to mask characters that could
conflict with special characters there (quotes, field separators, record
separators) [1].

However, SCV is not a true standard, but rather a loose group of ad-hoc-created
formats; and RFC4180 is just informational. Therefore, we have a highly
functional import dialog, which includes "Format quoted field as text"
checkbox, exactly for uses where someone decided to alter the format with
"quotes mean text" idea.

Closing NOTABUG.

[1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4180

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