https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167321

--- Comment #28 from Mike Kaganski <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Dodo Ivanecky from comment #24)
> practically: CSV = delimiter-separated values, **with the delimiter being
> locale-dependent**.

NO.
The piece "with the delimiter being locale-dependent" is wrong. It is not
"locale-dependent". It depends on just about anything - any butterfly effect
may prove relevant in deciding "which separators we chose in our bank" - it
could be a moon phase of the date the decision was made.

We could *prioritize* some delimiters over others based on locale: let's say,
that the data included both commas and semicolons, with ~same probability; then
we could say "OK, the source locale chosen in the dialog uses comma as
decimals, so assume semicolon in autodetection". Well, that *could* be a
possible change; but that's not what happens here: your data has *no* other
separators. So no matter if we prioritize one over another based on locales: in
your data, when user asked "look at the data, and *try to guess* what column
separators could be", the only possible answer is "comma", not "we decided that
comma is not suitable, just because you are in Slovakia".

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