Kristján, While we are on the topic of minor changes... :-) I noticed that one of the parts of ConfigParser was not using "for line in fp" style of readline-ing :-) So, this will reduce the SLOC by 3 lines and improve readability. However, I did a quick grep and this type of practice appears in several other places. There is a possibility of good savings in this department. If you think this is worthwhile, I can create one large patch for them all. I sure hope I am not missing something fundamental with this one... Joseph Armbruster Index: Lib/ConfigParser.py =================================================================== --- Lib/ConfigParser.py (revision 55600) +++ Lib/ConfigParser.py (working copy) @@ -441,10 +441,7 @@ optname = None lineno = 0 e = None # None, or an exception - while True: - line = fp.readline() - if not line: - break + for line in fp: lineno = lineno + 1 # comment or blank line? if line.strip() == '' or line[0] in '#;':