bpo-23952: Document cgi module's maxlen variable

[hugovk]

Using the text suggested in https://bugs.python.org/issue23952.

I think this documentation-only change can skip a NEWS file.

https://bugs.python.org/issue23952

[rhettinger]

This is a good start. Please also update the main docs at Docs/library/cgi.rst.

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[hugovk]

This is a good start. Please also update the main docs at Docs/library/cgi.rst.

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[hugovk]

test_issue16464 (test.test_urllib2.MiscTests) ... ERROR failed with urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found.

Details

test_issue16464 (test.test_urllib2.MiscTests) ... ERROR
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ERROR: test_issue16464 (test.test_urllib2.MiscTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/dje/cpython-buildarea/pull_request.edelsohn-rhel-z.refleak/build/Lib/contextlib.py", line 155, in __exit__
self.gen.throw(typ, value, traceback)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/dje/cpython-buildarea/pull_request.edelsohn-rhel-z.refleak/build/Lib/test/support/socket_helper.py", line 245, in transient_internet
yield
^^^^^
File "/home/dje/cpython-buildarea/pull_request.edelsohn-rhel-z.refleak/build/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py", line 1803, in test_issue16464
opener.open(request, "1234567890".encode("us-ascii"))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/dje/cpython-buildarea/pull_request.edelsohn-rhel-z.refleak/build/Lib/urllib/request.py", line 525, in open
response = meth(req, response)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/dje/cpython-buildarea/pull_request.edelsohn-rhel-z.refleak/build/Lib/urllib/request.py", line 634, in http_response
response = self.parent.error(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/dje/cpython-buildarea/pull_request.edelsohn-rhel-z.refleak/build/Lib/urllib/request.py", line 563, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/dje/cpython-buildarea/pull_request.edelsohn-rhel-z.refleak/build/Lib/urllib/request.py", line 496, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/dje/cpython-buildarea/pull_request.edelsohn-rhel-z.refleak/build/Lib/urllib/request.py", line 643, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

https://buildbot.python.org/all/#/builders/217/builds/431/steps/5/logs/stdio

Likely unrelated to this docs change, so rescheduling.

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🤖 New build scheduled with the buildbot fleet by @hugovk for commit 90442ca 🤖

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[hugovk]

Same thing. The test_issue16464 failure is unrelated; https://bugs.python.org/issue46648 / #31146 / #31148.