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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex b/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex index 42a362e..2c08ec4 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex @@ -48,11 +48,20 @@ Default values can be specified by passing them into the may be passed into the \method{get()} method which will override all others. -\begin{classdesc}{RawConfigParser}{\optional{defaults}} +Sections are normally stored in a builtin dictionary. An alternative +dictionary type can be passed to the \class{ConfigParser} constructor. +For example, if a dictionary type is passed that sorts its keys, +the sections will be sorted on write-back, as will be the keys within +each section. + +\begin{classdesc}{RawConfigParser}{\optional{defaults\optional{, dict_type}}} The basic configuration object. When \var{defaults} is given, it is -initialized into the dictionary of intrinsic defaults. This class -does not support the magical interpolation behavior. +initialized into the dictionary of intrinsic defaults. When \var{dict_type} +is given, it will be used to create the dictionary objects for the list +of sections, for the options within a section, and for the default values. +This class does not support the magical interpolation behavior. \versionadded{2.3} +\versionchanged[\var{dict_type} was added]{2.6} \end{classdesc} \begin{classdesc}{ConfigParser}{\optional{defaults}} |