[Python-checkins] bpo-45217: adds note that `allow_no_value` in `configparser` is optional (GH-28396) (GH-28416)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3ea1c4b66887e7ca920db487f6ffc5f1db3c873f
commit: 3ea1c4b66887e7ca920db487f6ffc5f1db3c873f
branch: 3.9
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: ambv <lukasz at langa.pl>
date: 2021-09-17T13:41:25+02:00
summary:

bpo-45217: adds note that `allow_no_value` in `configparser` is optional (GH-28396) (GH-28416)

Co-authored-by: Łukasz Langa <lukasz at langa.pl>
(cherry picked from commit cb07838ab756564988b1ffd23871f1222a832446)

Co-authored-by: Nikita Sobolev <mail at sobolevn.me>

files:
M Doc/library/configparser.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
index 3de5918367ace..60d33f59276f9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ A configuration file consists of sections, each led by a ``[section]`` header,
 followed by key/value entries separated by a specific string (``=`` or ``:`` by
 default [1]_).  By default, section names are case sensitive but keys are not
 [1]_.  Leading and trailing whitespace is removed from keys and values.
-Values can be omitted, in which case the key/value delimiter may also be left
+Values can be omitted if the parser is configured to allow it [1]_,
+in which case the key/value delimiter may also be left
 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.



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