python · AA-Turner · Jan 18, 2024 · Jan 16, 2024 · Jan 16, 2024 · Jan 17, 2024
diff --git a/Lib/csv.py b/Lib/csv.py
@@ -1,6 +1,66 @@
 
 """
 csv.py - read/write/investigate CSV files
+
+This module provides classes that assist in the reading and writing
+of Comma Separated Value (CSV) files, and implements the interface
-of Comma Separated Value (CSV) files, and implements the interface
+of comma-separated values files, and implements the interface
-of Comma Separated Value (CSV) files, and implements the interface
+of comma-separated values files, and implements the interface
+described by PEP 305.  Although many CSV files are simple to parse,
+the format is not formally defined by a stable specification and
+is subtle enough that parsing lines of a CSV file with something
+like line.split(",") is bound to fail.  The module supports three
+basic APIs: reading, writing, and registration of dialects.
+
+
+DIALECT REGISTRATION:
+
+Readers and writers support a dialect argument, which is a convenient
+handle on a group of settings.  When the dialect argument is a string,
+it identifies one of the dialects previously registered with the module.
+If it is a class or instance, the attributes of the argument are used as
+the settings for the reader or writer:
+
+    class excel:
+        delimiter = ','
+        quotechar = '"'
+        escapechar = None
+        doublequote = True
+        skipinitialspace = False
+        lineterminator = '\r\n'
+        quoting = QUOTE_MINIMAL
+
+SETTINGS:
+
+    * quotechar - specifies a one-character string to use as the
+        quoting character.  It defaults to '"'.
+    * delimiter - specifies a one-character string to use as the
+        field separator.  It defaults to ','.
+    * skipinitialspace - specifies how to interpret spaces which
+        immediately follow a delimiter.  It defaults to False, which
+        means that spaces immediately following a delimiter is part
+        of the following field.
+    * lineterminator -  specifies the character sequence which should
+        terminate rows.
+    * quoting - controls when quotes should be generated by the writer.
+        It can take on any of the following module constants:
+
+        csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL means only when required, for example, when a
+            field contains either the quotechar or the delimiter
+        csv.QUOTE_ALL means that quotes are always placed around fields.
+        csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC means that quotes are always placed around
+            fields which do not parse as integers or floating point
+            numbers.
+        csv.QUOTE_STRINGS means that quotes are always placed around
+            fields which are strings.  Note that the Python value None
+            is not a string.
+        csv.QUOTE_NOTNULL means that quotes are only placed around fields
+            that are not the Python value None.
+        csv.QUOTE_NONE means that quotes are never placed around fields.
+    * escapechar - specifies a one-character string used to escape
+        the delimiter when quoting is set to QUOTE_NONE.
+    * doublequote - controls the handling of quotes inside fields.  When
+        True, two consecutive quotes are interpreted as one during read,
+        and when writing, each quote character embedded in the data is
+        written as two quotes
 """
 
 import re
@@ -9,15 +69,14 @@
                  unregister_dialect, get_dialect, list_dialects, \
                  field_size_limit, \
                  QUOTE_MINIMAL, QUOTE_ALL, QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, QUOTE_NONE, \
-                 QUOTE_STRINGS, QUOTE_NOTNULL, \
-                 __doc__
+                 QUOTE_STRINGS, QUOTE_NOTNULL
 from _csv import Dialect as _Dialect
 
 from io import StringIO
 
 __all__ = ["QUOTE_MINIMAL", "QUOTE_ALL", "QUOTE_NONNUMERIC", "QUOTE_NONE",
            "QUOTE_STRINGS", "QUOTE_NOTNULL",
-           "Error", "Dialect", "__doc__", "excel", "excel_tab",
+           "Error", "Dialect", "excel", "excel_tab",
            "field_size_limit", "reader", "writer",
            "register_dialect", "get_dialect", "list_dialects", "Sniffer",
            "unregister_dialect", "__version__", "DictReader", "DictWriter",

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_csv.py b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ def test_ordered_dict_reader(self):
 
 class MiscTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test__all__(self):
-        extra = {'__doc__', '__version__'}
+        extra = {'__version__'}
         support.check__all__(self, csv, ('csv', '_csv'), extra=extra)
 
     def test_subclassable(self):

diff --git a/Modules/_csv.c b/Modules/_csv.c
@@ -1607,68 +1607,7 @@ PyType_Spec error_spec = {
  * MODULE
  */
 
-PyDoc_STRVAR(csv_module_doc,
-"CSV parsing and writing.\n"
-"\n"
-"This module provides classes that assist in the reading and writing\n"
-"of Comma Separated Value (CSV) files, and implements the interface\n"
-"described by PEP 305.  Although many CSV files are simple to parse,\n"
-"the format is not formally defined by a stable specification and\n"
-"is subtle enough that parsing lines of a CSV file with something\n"
-"like line.split(\",\") is bound to fail.  The module supports three\n"
-"basic APIs: reading, writing, and registration of dialects.\n"
-"\n"
-"\n"
-"DIALECT REGISTRATION:\n"
-"\n"
-"Readers and writers support a dialect argument, which is a convenient\n"
-"handle on a group of settings.  When the dialect argument is a string,\n"
-"it identifies one of the dialects previously registered with the module.\n"
-"If it is a class or instance, the attributes of the argument are used as\n"
-"the settings for the reader or writer:\n"
-"\n"
-"    class excel:\n"
-"        delimiter = ','\n"
-"        quotechar = '\"'\n"
-"        escapechar = None\n"
-"        doublequote = True\n"
-"        skipinitialspace = False\n"
-"        lineterminator = '\\r\\n'\n"
-"        quoting = QUOTE_MINIMAL\n"
-"\n"
-"SETTINGS:\n"
-"\n"
-"    * quotechar - specifies a one-character string to use as the\n"
-"        quoting character.  It defaults to '\"'.\n"
-"    * delimiter - specifies a one-character string to use as the\n"
-"        field separator.  It defaults to ','.\n"
-"    * skipinitialspace - specifies how to interpret spaces which\n"
-"        immediately follow a delimiter.  It defaults to False, which\n"
-"        means that spaces immediately following a delimiter is part\n"
-"        of the following field.\n"
-"    * lineterminator -  specifies the character sequence which should\n"
-"        terminate rows.\n"
-"    * quoting - controls when quotes should be generated by the writer.\n"
-"        It can take on any of the following module constants:\n"
-"\n"
-"        csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL means only when required, for example, when a\n"
-"            field contains either the quotechar or the delimiter\n"
-"        csv.QUOTE_ALL means that quotes are always placed around fields.\n"
-"        csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC means that quotes are always placed around\n"
-"            fields which do not parse as integers or floating point\n"
-"            numbers.\n"
-"        csv.QUOTE_STRINGS means that quotes are always placed around\n"
-"            fields which are strings.  Note that the Python value None\n"
-"            is not a string.\n"
-"        csv.QUOTE_NOTNULL means that quotes are only placed around fields\n"
-"            that are not the Python value None.\n"
-"        csv.QUOTE_NONE means that quotes are never placed around fields.\n"
-"    * escapechar - specifies a one-character string used to escape\n"
-"        the delimiter when quoting is set to QUOTE_NONE.\n"
-"    * doublequote - controls the handling of quotes inside fields.  When\n"
-"        True, two consecutive quotes are interpreted as one during read,\n"
-"        and when writing, each quote character embedded in the data is\n"
-"        written as two quotes\n");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(csv_module_doc, "CSV parsing and writing.\n");
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(csv_reader_doc,
 "    csv_reader = reader(iterable [, dialect='excel']\n"