case-sensitive configparser without magical interpolation?

[georgeryoung at gmail.com]

On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 1:13:39 PM UTC-4, Ian wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:59 AM,  gy wrote:
> > [python 2.7]
> > I need to use a configparser that is case-sensitive for option names, but does not do magical interpolation of percent sign.
> > I.e.:
> >
> > [Mapping0]
> > backupHost = eng%26
> > dbNode = v_br_node0001
> >
> > should be read (and later written) as is, including capitalization and the percent sign.
> >
> > I find that RawConfigParser keeps the %, but downcases the option name.
> > And SafeConfigParser can be hacked with optionxform to be case-sensitive, but does interpolation.
> > How can I get case-sensitive but no interpolation?
> 
> RawConfigParser also has the optionxform method; have you tried overriding that?
> 
> If that doesn't work, then how strict is the 2.7 requirement? In 3.2
> or later, the ConfigParser takes an interpolation keyword argument
> that can be used to disable interpolation:
> 
> https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/configparser.html#configparser-objects

That worked perfectly, thanks!