[Python-checkins] r58840 - python/trunk/Doc/library/csv.rst

skip.montanaro python-checkins at python.org
Sun Nov 4 16:56:53 CET 2007


Author: skip.montanaro
Date: Sun Nov  4 16:56:52 2007
New Revision: 58840

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/library/csv.rst
Log:
Note change to get_dialect semantics in 2.5.  Will backport to 2.5.


Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/csv.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/csv.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/csv.rst	Sun Nov  4 16:56:52 2007
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
    Return the dialect associated with *name*.  An :exc:`Error` is raised if *name*
    is not a registered dialect name.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+
+   This function now returns an immutable :class:`Dialect`.  Previously an
+   instance of the requested dialect was returned.  Users could modify the
+   underlying class, changing the behavior of active readers and writers.
 
 .. function:: list_dialects()
 


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