`csv.get_dialect()` returns a `_csv.Dialect` object, not `csv.Dialect` as documented.
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Description
The documentation at https://docs.python.org/3/library/csv.html#csv.Dialect indicates that this class is what is returned when calling csv.get_dialect(). But the C implemented class _csv.Dialect() is returned instead.
>>> import csv
>>> csv.get_dialect("excel")
<_csv.Dialect object at 0x0000026C0004DBC0>
This makes writing typesafe code that uses Dialect a challenge. See related typeshed issue at https://github.com/python/typeshed/issues/14667
It's not clear whether this is a documentation or implementation issue.
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Start with the csv.get_dialect() entry point and the csv.Dialect documentation linked in the issue, then compare the documented return type with the _csv.Dialect class produced at runtime. Check the related typeshed issue for typing context. Done means deciding whether documentation or implementation should change and aligning the public behavior and types accordingly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100