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Replace empty set symbol for empty values #485

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The symbol ∅ (empty set) has been gradually introduced to denote an empty value (word picture: ed133f9, statistics: 1335c6c, trend table: 50dd2d8, sidebar: fb346b4)

However, it can be confusing to some users, as it suggests that the type of the value is a set or a list. (Some attributes are indeed list-typed, but that's not what the symbol is used for.)

One suggestion is to replace it with a dash, like we have done previously. Dashes are more frequent in data, though, and are likely to be confused with an actual data value.

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