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| author | Łukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl> | 2012-12-31 02:38:39 (GMT) |
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| committer | Łukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl> | 2012-12-31 02:38:39 (GMT) |
| commit | 3a8479a5838e0ad4c549d67acfdae2b9e9700e54 (patch) | |
| tree | 9acf3eb02f12ce39a73539d41b3f3227e1f6f3d7 /Doc | |
| parent | 30574695067f948c2ee40d44c06d71e16c6b90f9 (diff) | |
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Fixes `parser.clean()` reported in issue #16820.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst index 958375b..0b8212c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst +++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst @@ -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 |