Previously only analyze() and direct read_csv_repaired() callers got the
byte-level repair pass (BOM strip, NUL strip, smart-double-quote fold,
unquoted-delimiter merge). The dedup CLI and any other read_file consumer
silently missed it.
read_file gains a repair=True default. CSV/TSV inputs run through
repair_bytes before pandas sees them; Excel inputs still pass through
unchanged. Chunked reads (chunk_size set) bypass repair because the pre-
parse pass loads the whole file — preserving streaming behavior on huge
files. Repair actions and unrepairable lines are logged at INFO/WARNING.
cli_text_clean opts out (repair=False): the cleaner offers fine-grained
control via --preset and per-op flags, and a byte-level smart-quote fold
under the user's "minimal" preset would violate that contract. The
cell-level cleaner does the equivalent work itself when its options ask
for it.
Tests: read_file default strips BOM and folds curly double quotes;
repair=False preserves smart quotes; chunked reads still work and skip
repair as documented.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Michael
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