[New-bugs-announce] [issue8666] Allow ConfigParser.get*() to take a default value

[Tim Chase]

New submission from Tim Chase <python.list at tim.thechases.com>:

Patch to update ConfigParser.py so that the .get* methods can take an optional parameter rather than raising exceptions.  Usage:

  cp = ConfigParser(...)
  # ...
  value = cp.get('MySection', 'MyOption', default='some default')
  i = cp.getint('MySecton', 'MyInt', default=42)
  f = cp.getfloat('MySection', 'MyF', default=3.14)

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 105333
nosy: Gumnos
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Allow ConfigParser.get*() to take a default value
type: feature request
versions: Python 2.6

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