[Python-Dev] ConfigParser mangles keys with special chars

[Terry Reedy]

On 4/25/2014 12:46 PM, Fred Drake wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Florian Bruhin <me at the-compiler.org> wrote:
>> While it seems ConfigParser doesn't do any escaping as all, I'm
>> thinking it should at least raise some exception when such a value is
>> trying to be set.
>>
>> I'd expect writing something and then reading it back via the same
>> configparser to *always* result in the same data, as long as writing
>> worked without error.
>>
>> Thoughts? Should I submit a bug report?
>
> I believe you should, if only to provide a place to record why no
> change gets made.

When you do, add lukasz.langa as nosy
https://docs.python.org/devguide/experts.html#experts

You might also take a look in test/test_configparser.py to see if any 
edge cases are tested for.

> Had ConfigParser been more careful from the beginning, that would have
> been really good.
>
> At this point, it would be a backward-incompatible change, so it's
> unlikely such a change could be allowed to affect existing code.
>
>
>    -Fred
>


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Terry Jan Reedy