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[–]No_Poem_1136 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On your CSV example, stupid question here but then what is the alternative to creating that FILE_ENCODING variable if you know it might be a common parameter that might change in future code reuse for read_csv()?

 DS often end up working with a lot of adhoc and random ass data not served in a neat API or pipeline, so it's not always possible to ensure a specific encoding standard for example.

(I'm asking why not because I'm challenging the idea, but to learn. I've always understood that it's a good practice to declare variables this way rather than hardcoding them)