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author | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 1999-01-26 22:01:37 (GMT) |
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committer | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 1999-01-26 22:01:37 (GMT) |
commit | f09f6a5565556f20354c75024f77859e442de9e4 (patch) | |
tree | c0bb812580ce2ec337311b1a64c55478ada10110 /Lib/ConfigParser.py | |
parent | ebe2a12de8d036ebc254c5743be3c6e6529cf2d5 (diff) | |
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Re-format the module docstring and document the new get() argument.
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diff --git a/Lib/ConfigParser.py b/Lib/ConfigParser.py index 6d8f956..2116dca 100644 --- a/Lib/ConfigParser.py +++ b/Lib/ConfigParser.py @@ -24,34 +24,37 @@ ConfigParser -- responsible for for parsing a list of methods: - __init__(defaults=None) -- create the parser and specify a - dictionary of intrinsic defaults. The - keys must be strings, the values must - be appropriate for %()s string - interpolation. Note that `__name__' is - always an intrinsic default; it's value - is the section's name. + __init__(defaults=None) + create the parser and specify a dictionary of intrinsic defaults. The + keys must be strings, the values must be appropriate for %()s string + interpolation. Note that `__name__' is always an intrinsic default; + it's value is the section's name. - sections() -- return all the configuration section names, sans DEFAULT + sections() + return all the configuration section names, sans DEFAULT - options(section) -- return list of configuration options for the named - section + options(section) + return list of configuration options for the named section - read(*filenames) -- read and parse the list of named configuration files + read(*filenames) + read and parse the list of named configuration files - get(section, option, raw=0) -- return a string value for the named - option. All % interpolations are - expanded in the return values, based on - the defaults passed into the constructor - and the DEFAULT section. + get(section, option, raw=0, vars=None) + return a string value for the named option. All % interpolations are + expanded in the return values, based on the defaults passed into the + constructor and the DEFAULT section. Additional substitutions may be + provided using the `vars' argument, which must be a dictionary whose + contents override any pre-existing defaults. - getint(section, options) -- like get(), but convert value to an integer + getint(section, options) + like get(), but convert value to an integer - getfloat(section, options) -- like get(), but convert value to a float + getfloat(section, options) + like get(), but convert value to a float - getboolean(section, options) -- like get(), but convert value to - a boolean (currently defined as 0 - or 1, only) + getboolean(section, options) + like get(), but convert value to a boolean (currently defined as 0 or + 1, only) """ import sys @@ -176,11 +179,11 @@ class ConfigParser: def get(self, section, option, raw=0, vars=None): """Get an option value for a given section. - All % interpolations are expanded in the return values, based - on the defaults passed into the constructor, unless the optional - argument `raw' is true. Additional substitutions may be provided - using the vars keyword argument, which override any pre-existing - defaults. + All % interpolations are expanded in the return values, based on the + defaults passed into the constructor, unless the optional argument + `raw' is true. Additional substitutions may be provided using the + `vars' argument, which must be a dictionary whose contents overrides + any pre-existing defaults. The section DEFAULT is special. """ |