[issue23835] configparser does not convert defaults to strings

[James Tocknell]

New submission from James Tocknell:

ConfigParser(defaults={1:2.4}) and ConfigParser(defaults={"a":5.2}) cause an exception when configparser tries to perform string operations on 1 and 5.2. I didn't see it documented that defaults must only contain strings, and using ConfigParser['DEFAULT'] = {1:2.4} does the necessary string conversion, so it looks like there should be some conversion done to the defaults.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 239768
nosy: aragilar
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: configparser does not convert defaults to strings
type: crash
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4

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