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authorŁukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>2010-11-21 13:41:35 (GMT)
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Issue #10489: removed broken `__name__` support from configparser
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@@ -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