New submission from Larry Hastings <larry@hastings.org>: The documentation for configparser.RawConfigParser.read_file() states: "Read and parse configuration data from the file or file-like object in f (only the readline() method is used)." This was true in Python 3.1 and before. However in 3.2 the implementation of read_file changed. It no longer calls readline(). Instead, it iterates over the file object. Whoever made this change neglected to * fix the docs, or apparently * tell anybody. I've got the commit bit, so I'd be happy to fix this. I'd like to add it to the What's New In Python 3.2 as well; there's a section about configparser changes that would be perfect. Is it permissible to change the What's New document ex post facto like this? (Adding rhettinger so he can answer this.) ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 132075 nosy: docs@python, larry, rhettinger priority: low severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: configparser read_file now iterates over f, docs still say it calls readline type: behavior versions: Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11670> _______________________________________