bpo-35116, urllib.parse: Document the new max_num_fields parameter (GH-10247)
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
index 2d3488b..913e933 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
returning :const:`None`.
-.. function:: parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace')
+.. function:: parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', max_num_fields=None)
Parse a query string given as a string argument (data of type
:mimetype:`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`). Data are returned as a
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@
percent-encoded sequences into Unicode characters, as accepted by the
:meth:`bytes.decode` method.
+ The optional argument *max_num_fields* is the maximum number of fields to
+ read. If set, then throws a :exc:`ValueError` if there are more than
+ *max_num_fields* fields read.
+
Use the :func:`urllib.parse.urlencode` function (with the ``doseq``
parameter set to ``True``) to convert such dictionaries into query
strings.
@@ -166,8 +170,11 @@
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Add *encoding* and *errors* parameters.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.8
+ Added *max_num_fields* parameter.
-.. function:: parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace')
+
+.. function:: parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', max_num_fields=None)
Parse a query string given as a string argument (data of type
:mimetype:`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`). Data are returned as a list of
@@ -187,12 +194,19 @@
percent-encoded sequences into Unicode characters, as accepted by the
:meth:`bytes.decode` method.
+ The optional argument *max_num_fields* is the maximum number of fields to
+ read. If set, then throws a :exc:`ValueError` if there are more than
+ *max_num_fields* fields read.
+
Use the :func:`urllib.parse.urlencode` function to convert such lists of pairs into
query strings.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Add *encoding* and *errors* parameters.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.8
+ Added *max_num_fields* parameter.
+
.. function:: urlunparse(parts)