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authorŁukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>2010-12-16 01:42:36 (GMT)
committerŁukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>2010-12-16 01:42:36 (GMT)
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Acknowledged renaming of SafeConfigParser to ConfigParser.
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- Issue #10467: Fix BytesIO.readinto() after seeking into a position after the
end of the file.
-- configparser: the ConfigParser class has been deprecated in favor of
- SafeConfigParser. Usage of RawConfigParser is now discouraged for new
- projects in favor of SafeConfigParser(interpolation=None).
-
-- Issue #10499: configparser supports pluggable interpolation handlers. New
+- Issue #10499: configparser supports pluggable interpolation handlers. The
+ default classic interpolation handler is called BasicInterpolation. Another
interpolation handler added (ExtendedInterpolation) which supports the syntax
used by zc.buildout (e.g. interpolation between sections).
+- configparser: the SafeConfigParser class has been renamed to ConfigParser.
+ The legacy ConfigParser class has been removed but its interpolation mechanism
+ is still available as LegacyInterpolation.
+
+- configparser: Usage of RawConfigParser is now discouraged for new projects
+ in favor of ConfigParser(interpolation=None).
+
- Issue #1682942: configparser supports alternative option/value delimiters.
- Issue #5412: configparser supports mapping protocol access.