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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index d21921d3dd5..91afffb58a7 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -2238,11 +2238,11 @@ details, see the documentation for ``loop.create_datagram_endpoint()``. Notable changes in Python 3.8.8 =============================== -Earlier Python versions allowed using both ";" and "&" as +Earlier Python versions allowed using both ``;`` and ``&`` as query parameter separators in :func:`urllib.parse.parse_qs` and :func:`urllib.parse.parse_qsl`. Due to security concerns, and to conform with newer W3C recommendations, this has been changed to allow only a single -separator key, with "&" as the default. This change also affects +separator key, with ``&`` as the default. This change also affects :func:`cgi.parse` and :func:`cgi.parse_multipart` as they use the affected functions internally. For more details, please see their respective documentation. |