What is the best way to read a CSV file

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Hello there!

My question is, I have a dataset in a csv file and I would like to know what is the best way to load it in memory.
As an example, lets say I have the following columns:

time -> datetime
mag_field -> float
mot -> boolean

I know I could easily use

using DataFrames
using CSV

file = "data.csv"
my_data = CSV.File(file)

But what is the best way to, for example, when importing, letting CSV.File know what are the data types inside my file, get the column names properly.

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You’re in luck, the CSV docs have just been rewritten! Please head over here to have all your questions (and more!) answered:

https://csv.juliadata.org/stable/reading.html#types

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