gh-89024: Document the 3.10 change in escaping the csv escapechar (GH-155067)

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a697faf45077f7fb24edf4f2f75b8aa09d873dcd
commit: a697faf45077f7fb24edf4f2f75b8aa09d873dcd
branch: main
author: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]>
committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]>
date: 2026-08-13T13:05:33+03:00
summary:

gh-89024: Document the 3.10 change in escaping the csv escapechar (GH-155067)

Add a versionchanged note for the escapechar itself being escaped.

files:
M Doc/library/csv.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/csv.rst b/Doc/library/csv.rst
index 16ff9746f8f05a..710a5b11ab6405 100644
--- a/Doc/library/csv.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/csv.rst
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ Dialects support the following attributes:
    On reading, the *escapechar* removes any special meaning from
    the following character. It defaults to :const:`None`, which disables escaping.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.10
+      Previously the *escapechar* itself was not escaped,
+      which lost it on reading.
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.11
       An empty *escapechar* is not allowed.
 

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