gh-67230: add quoting rules to csv module (GH-29469)

Add two quoting styles for csv dialects.
They will help to work with certain databases in particular.

Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:merwok

Doc/library/csv.rst

@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ The :mod:`csv` module defines the following constants:
 
    Instructs :class:`writer` objects to quote all non-numeric fields.
 
-   Instructs the reader to convert all non-quoted fields to type *float*.
+   Instructs :class:`reader` objects to convert all non-quoted fields to type *float*.
 
 
 .. data:: QUOTE_NONE
@@ -337,7 +337,25 @@ The :mod:`csv` module defines the following constants:
    character.  If *escapechar* is not set, the writer will raise :exc:`Error` if
    any characters that require escaping are encountered.
 
-   Instructs :class:`reader` to perform no special processing of quote characters.
+   Instructs :class:`reader` objects to perform no special processing of quote characters.
+
+.. data:: QUOTE_NOTNULL
+
+   Instructs :class:`writer` objects to quote all fields which are not
+   ``None``.  This is similar to :data:`QUOTE_ALL`, except that if a
+   field value is ``None`` an empty (unquoted) string is written.
+
+   Instructs :class:`reader` objects to interpret an empty (unquoted) field as None and
+   to otherwise behave as :data:`QUOTE_ALL`.
+
+.. data:: QUOTE_STRINGS
+
+   Instructs :class:`writer` objects to always place quotes around fields
+   which are strings.  This is similar to :data:`QUOTE_NONNUMERIC`, except that if a
+   field value is ``None`` an empty (unquoted) string is written.
+
+   Instructs :class:`reader` objects to interpret an empty (unquoted) string as ``None`` and
+   to otherwise behave as :data:`QUOTE_NONNUMERIC`.
 
 The :mod:`csv` module defines the following exception:
 

Lib/csv.py

@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ from _csv import Error, __version__, writer, reader, register_dialect, \
                  unregister_dialect, get_dialect, list_dialects, \
                  field_size_limit, \
                  QUOTE_MINIMAL, QUOTE_ALL, QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, QUOTE_NONE, \
+                 QUOTE_STRINGS, QUOTE_NOTNULL, \
                  __doc__
 from _csv import Dialect as _Dialect
 
 from io import StringIO
 
 __all__ = ["QUOTE_MINIMAL", "QUOTE_ALL", "QUOTE_NONNUMERIC", "QUOTE_NONE",
+           "QUOTE_STRINGS", "QUOTE_NOTNULL",
            "Error", "Dialect", "__doc__", "excel", "excel_tab",
            "field_size_limit", "reader", "writer",
            "register_dialect", "get_dialect", "list_dialects", "Sniffer",

Lib/test/test_csv.py

@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ class Test_Csv(unittest.TestCase):
                          quoting = csv.QUOTE_ALL)
         self._write_test(['a\nb',1], '"a\nb","1"',
                          quoting = csv.QUOTE_ALL)
+        self._write_test(['a','',None,1], '"a","",,1',
+                         quoting = csv.QUOTE_STRINGS)
+        self._write_test(['a','',None,1], '"a","",,"1"',
+                         quoting = csv.QUOTE_NOTNULL)
 
     def test_write_escape(self):
         self._write_test(['a',1,'p,q'], 'a,1,"p,q"',

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-11-07-15-31-25.bpo-23041.564i32.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add :data:`~csv.QUOTE_STRINGS` and :data:`~csv.QUOTE_NOTNULL` to the suite
+of :mod:`csv` module quoting styles.

Modules/_csv.c

@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ typedef enum {
 } ParserState;
 
 typedef enum {
-    QUOTE_MINIMAL, QUOTE_ALL, QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, QUOTE_NONE
+    QUOTE_MINIMAL, QUOTE_ALL, QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, QUOTE_NONE,
+    QUOTE_STRINGS, QUOTE_NOTNULL
 } QuoteStyle;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ static const StyleDesc quote_styles[] = {
     { QUOTE_ALL,        "QUOTE_ALL" },
     { QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, "QUOTE_NONNUMERIC" },
     { QUOTE_NONE,       "QUOTE_NONE" },
+    { QUOTE_STRINGS,    "QUOTE_STRINGS" },
+    { QUOTE_NOTNULL,    "QUOTE_NOTNULL" },
     { 0 }
 };
 
@@ -1264,6 +1267,12 @@ csv_writerow(WriterObj *self, PyObject *seq)
         case QUOTE_ALL:
             quoted = 1;
             break;
+        case QUOTE_STRINGS:
+            quoted = PyUnicode_Check(field);
+            break;
+        case QUOTE_NOTNULL:
+            quoted = field != Py_None;
+            break;
         default:
             quoted = 0;
             break;
@@ -1659,6 +1668,11 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(csv_module_doc,
 "        csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC means that quotes are always placed around\n"
 "            fields which do not parse as integers or floating point\n"
 "            numbers.\n"
+"        csv.QUOTE_STRINGS means that quotes are always placed around\n"
+"            fields which are strings.  Note that the Python value None\n"
+"            is not a string.\n"
+"        csv.QUOTE_NOTNULL means that quotes are only placed around fields\n"
+"            that are not the Python value None.\n"
 "        csv.QUOTE_NONE means that quotes are never placed around fields.\n"
 "    * escapechar - specifies a one-character string used to escape\n"
 "        the delimiter when quoting is set to QUOTE_NONE.\n"