Patch for ConfigParser.py in 1.5.2

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Wed May 5 03:33:19 EDT 1999


Lars Damerow <lars at pixar.com> wrote:
> I made a slight change to ConfigParser.py from the 1.5.2 distribution.  I 
> needed the option lines to allow spaces, slashes and whitespace as the option
> name, as well as to leave the case of the option name intact.
> Can anybody think of a bad reason to do this?

that it breaks existing applications?  (for which the docs say
"option names are not case sensitive")

preferred solution: factor out the "option name" handling
into submethods, and create a subclass that implement
your favourite behaviour.

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