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authorvidhya <96202776+Vidhyavinu@users.noreply.github.com>2022-02-22 18:06:41 (GMT)
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bpo-20923 : [doc] Explain ConfigParser 'valid section name' and .SECTCRE (GH-31413)
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@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ out. Values can also span multiple lines, as long as they are indented deeper
than the first line of the value. Depending on the parser's mode, blank lines
may be treated as parts of multiline values or ignored.
+By default, a valid section name can be any string that does not contain '\\n' or ']'.
+To change this, see :attr:`ConfigParser.SECTCRE`.
+
Configuration files may include comments, prefixed by specific
characters (``#`` and ``;`` by default [1]_). Comments may appear on
their own on an otherwise empty line, possibly indented. [1]_