[Python-checkins] bpo-20923 : [doc] Explain ConfigParser 'valid section name' and .SECTCRE (GH-31413)
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commit: bba8008f99d615a02984422a3825082bb5621f5a
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author: vidhya <96202776+Vidhyavinu at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: iritkatriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-02-22T18:06:41Z
summary:
bpo-20923 : [doc] Explain ConfigParser 'valid section name' and .SECTCRE (GH-31413)
files:
M Doc/library/configparser.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
index 1ebda53ecda0f..323dd2affc78f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ 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.
+By default, a valid section name can be any string that does not contain '\\n' or ']'.
+To change this, see :attr:`ConfigParser.SECTCRE`.
+
Configuration files may include comments, prefixed by specific
characters (``#`` and ``;`` by default [1]_). Comments may appear on
their own on an otherwise empty line, possibly indented. [1]_
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