# How to know if a package is good?

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**Created:** [June 1, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-know-if-a-package-is-good/82133 "2022-06-01T11:41:34Z")\
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> [@jlapeyre](#):
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> I think that might a bit overstated.

Definitely. I have a distinct memory of when I was first learning using a combination of `f.eachline()` and `line.split(',')` to parse a CSV… Took me forever to figure out how to treat the header line differently…

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