[Python-Dev] [patch] Duplicate sections detection in ConfigParser

[Aahz]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2009, Yannick Gingras wrote:
>
> The attached patch is compatible with both the 2.x and the 3.x
> branches; it adds a `unique_sects` parameter to the constructor of
> RawConfigParser and a test in the parser loop that raises
> DuplicateSectionError if a section is seen more then once and that
> unique_sects is True.

Please go ahead and post the patch to bugs.python.org; it can always be
revised later and this ensures that we have a record.
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