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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-09-27 22:48:44 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-09-27 22:48:44 (GMT)
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Update the documentation for ConfigParser to match the recent changes.
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex b/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex
index 1905e62..28e0f07 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ Return a new instance of the \class{ConfigParser} class. When
\var{defaults} is given, it is initialized into the dictionary of
intrinsic defaults. They keys must be strings, and the values must be
appropriate for the \samp{\%()s} string interpolation. Note that
-\var{__name__} is always an intrinsic default; its value is the
-section name.
+\var{__name__} is an intrinsic default; its value is the section name,
+and will override any value provided in \var{defaults}.
\end{classdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{NoSectionError}
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ section.
Exception raised when problems occur performing string interpolation.
\end{excdesc}
+\begin{excdesc}{InterpolationDepthError}
+Exception raised when string interpolation cannot be completed because
+the number of iterations exceeds \constant{MAX_INTERPOLATION_DEPTH}.
+\end{excdesc}
+
\begin{excdesc}{MissingSectionHeaderError}
Exception raised when attempting to parse a file which has no section
headers.
@@ -79,6 +84,12 @@ headers.
Exception raised when errors occur attempting to parse a file.
\end{excdesc}
+\begin{datadesc}{MAX_INTERPOLATION_DEPTH}
+The maximum depth for recursive interpolation for \method{get()} when
+the \var{raw} parameter is false. Setting this does not change the
+allowed recursion depth.
+\end{datadesc}
+
\begin{seealso}
\seemodule{shlex}{Support for a creating \UNIX{} shell-like