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authorSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2012-01-10 17:29:08 (GMT)
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Issue9637 - Explain in getproxies_environment that <scheme>_proxy environ variable case does not matter.
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@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions:
.. function:: getproxies()
This helper function returns a dictionary of scheme to proxy server URL
- mappings. It scans the environment for variables named ``<scheme>_proxy``
- for all operating systems first, and when it cannot find it, looks for proxy
- information from Mac OSX System Configuration for Mac OS X and Windows
- Systems Registry for Windows.
+ mappings. It scans the environment for variables named ``<scheme>_proxy``,
+ in a case insensitive approach, for all operating systems first, and when it
+ cannot find it, looks for proxy information from Mac OSX System
+ Configuration for Mac OS X and Windows Systems Registry for Windows.
The following classes are provided: