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[doc] CSV DictReader default dialect name 'excel' is misleading, as MS Excel doesn't actually use ',' as a separator. #71939

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BPO 27752
Nosy @ambv, @ztane, @lockywolf, @miss-islington, @jdevries3133
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  • bpo-27752: improve documentation of csv.Dialect #26795
  • [3.10] bpo-27752: improve documentation of csv.Dialect (GH-26795) #27643
  • [3.9] bpo-27752: improve documentation of csv.Dialect (GH-26795) #27644
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    assignee = None
    closed_at = <Date 2021-08-06.20:34:41.107>
    created_at = <Date 2016-08-13.06:49:56.128>
    labels = ['3.11', 'type-bug', 'library', 'docs']
    title = "[doc] CSV DictReader default dialect name 'excel' is misleading, as MS Excel doesn't actually use ',' as a separator."
    updated_at = <Date 2021-08-06.20:34:41.106>
    user = 'https://github.com/lockywolf'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-08-06.20:34:41.106>
    actor = 'lukasz.langa'
    assignee = 'docs@python'
    closed = True
    closed_date = <Date 2021-08-06.20:34:41.107>
    closer = 'lukasz.langa'
    components = ['Documentation', 'Library (Lib)']
    creation = <Date 2016-08-13.06:49:56.128>
    creator = 'lockywolf'
    dependencies = []
    files = []
    hgrepos = []
    issue_num = 27752
    keywords = ['patch']
    message_count = 7.0
    messages = ['272579', '272580', '396103', '399137', '399141', '399142', '399143']
    nosy_count = 5.0
    nosy_names = ['docs@python', 'lukasz.langa', 'ztane', 'lockywolf', 'miss-islington', 'jack__d']
    pr_nums = ['26795', '27643', '27644']
    priority = 'normal'
    resolution = 'fixed'
    stage = 'resolved'
    status = 'closed'
    superseder = None
    type = 'behavior'
    url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue27752'
    versions = ['Python 3.11']

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