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| author | Łukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl> | 2010-11-21 13:41:35 (GMT) |
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| committer | Łukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl> | 2010-11-21 13:41:35 (GMT) |
| commit | 5c86339bd09959366fcb0d4c31798a4aac128083 (patch) | |
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| parent | b2b2382dc4a13cd5bd18767af9bfc6dbdece0113 (diff) | |
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Issue #10489: removed broken `__name__` support from configparser
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diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst index 8977e8f..070328d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst +++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst @@ -333,10 +333,6 @@ However, there are a few differences that should be taken into account: The mapping protocol is implemented on top of the existing legacy API so that subclassing the original interface makes the mappings work as expected as well. -One difference is the explicit lack of support for the ``'__name__'`` special -key. This is because the existing behavior of ``'__name__'`` is very -inconsistent and supporting it would only lead to problems. Details `here -<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-July/102556.html>`_. Customizing Parser Behaviour @@ -947,8 +943,7 @@ The :class:`ConfigParser` class extends some methods of the need interpolation. The values in *defaults* must be appropriate for the ``%()s`` string - interpolation. Note that ``'__name__'`` is an intrinsic default; its value - is the section name, and will override any value provided in *defaults*. + interpolation. All option names used in interpolation will be passed through the :meth:`optionxform` method just like any other option name reference. For |