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bpo-35954: Clarify string conversion in ConfigParser #11918

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Convert key to string when accessing ConfigParser
Feb 18, 2019
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Revert "Convert key to string when accessing ConfigParser"
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Document that keys are always strings
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Fix typo
remilapeyre Jun 1, 2020
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Move the remark in its own section
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Update Doc/library/configparser.rst
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Expand Up @@ -172,6 +172,20 @@ provide equivalent :meth:`~ConfigParser.getint` and
:meth:`~ConfigParser.getfloat` methods. You can register your own
converters and customize the provided ones. [1]_

Section names are also stored as strings and need to be converted
manually when reading a section:

.. doctest::

>>> config[123] = {}
>>> config[123]
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
KeyError: 123
>>> config['123']
<Section: 123>


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