From d2301258d2b8981b6fd75bd59d32376c0fe99b0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sebastian=20H=C3=B6ffner?= <info@sebastian-hoeffner.de>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2022 15:29:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gh-73138 Add strict attribute to csv.Dialect

---
 Lib/csv.py                                                     | 3 ++-
 .../next/Library/2022-12-18-21-24-48.gh-issue-73138.9TOxub.rst | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-12-18-21-24-48.gh-issue-73138.9TOxub.rst

diff --git a/Lib/csv.py b/Lib/csv.py
index 75e35b23236795f..6d9827ecd802de2 100644
--- a/Lib/csv.py
+++ b/Lib/csv.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Dialect:
 
     This must be subclassed (see csv.excel).  Valid attributes are:
     delimiter, quotechar, escapechar, doublequote, skipinitialspace,
-    lineterminator, quoting.
+    lineterminator, quoting, strict.
 
     """
     _name = ""
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class Dialect:
     skipinitialspace = None
     lineterminator = None
     quoting = None
+    strict = None
 
     def __init__(self):
         if self.__class__ != Dialect:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-12-18-21-24-48.gh-issue-73138.9TOxub.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-12-18-21-24-48.gh-issue-73138.9TOxub.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..dd86309410bb220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-12-18-21-24-48.gh-issue-73138.9TOxub.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add missing :attr:`Dialect.strict` attribute to :class:`csv.Dialect`.

From dcaa29e07258323343ebefe72f2ca47657515d41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stan Ulbrych <stan@python.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:32:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Minor adjustments

---
 Lib/test/test_csv.py                                            | 2 +-
 .../next/Library/2022-12-18-21-24-48.gh-issue-73138.9TOxub.rst  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_csv.py b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
index 73e282d1abf7177..5096861f06f8c75 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_csv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_csv.py
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ class mydialect(csv.Dialect):
         self.assertEqual(dialect.delimiter, ';')
         self.assertEqual(dialect.quoting, csv.QUOTE_ALL)
         self.assertEqual(list(csv.reader(['a:b'], new)), [['a', 'b']])
-        # "strict" is supported even if it is not set on the class.
+        # "strict" is supported even if it is not set on the subclass.
         self.assertTrue(copy.replace(dialect, strict=True).strict)
 
         with self.assertRaises(csv.Error):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-12-18-21-24-48.gh-issue-73138.9TOxub.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-12-18-21-24-48.gh-issue-73138.9TOxub.rst
index dd86309410bb220..2e8f8839cf715f2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-12-18-21-24-48.gh-issue-73138.9TOxub.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-12-18-21-24-48.gh-issue-73138.9TOxub.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Add missing :attr:`Dialect.strict` attribute to :class:`csv.Dialect`.
+Add the :attr:`~csv.Dialect.strict` attribute to :class:`csv.Dialect`.