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authorŁukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>2012-12-31 02:38:39 (GMT)
committerŁukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>2012-12-31 02:38:39 (GMT)
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Fixes `parser.clean()` reported in issue #16820.
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@@ -389,7 +389,13 @@ However, there are a few differences that should be taken into account:
the default value to be visible again. Trying to delete a default value
causes a ``KeyError``.
-* Trying to delete the ``DEFAULTSECT`` raises ``ValueError``.
+* ``DEFAULTSECT`` cannot be removed from the parser:
+
+ * trying to delete it raises ``ValueError``,
+
+ * ``parser.clear()`` leaves it intact,
+
+ * ``parser.popitem()`` never returns it.
* ``parser.get(section, option, **kwargs)`` - the second argument is **not**
a fallback value. Note however that the section-level ``get()`` methods are