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1 Metadata-Version: 2.1
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2 Name: configparser
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3 Version: 5.0.0
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4 Summary: Updated configparser from Python 3.8 for Python 2.6+.
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5 Home-page: https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/
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6 Author: Łukasz Langa
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7 Author-email: lukasz@langa.pl
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8 Maintainer: Jason R. Coombs
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9 Maintainer-email: jaraco@jaraco.com
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10 License: UNKNOWN
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11 Keywords: configparser ini parsing conf cfg configuration file
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12 Platform: any
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13 Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
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14 Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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15 Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
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16 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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17 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
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18 Requires-Python: >=3.6
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19 Provides-Extra: docs
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20 Requires-Dist: sphinx ; extra == 'docs'
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21 Requires-Dist: jaraco.packaging (>=3.2) ; extra == 'docs'
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22 Requires-Dist: rst.linker (>=1.9) ; extra == 'docs'
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23 Provides-Extra: testing
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24 Requires-Dist: pytest (!=3.7.3,>=3.5) ; extra == 'testing'
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25 Requires-Dist: pytest-checkdocs (>=1.2.3) ; extra == 'testing'
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26 Requires-Dist: pytest-flake8 ; extra == 'testing'
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27 Requires-Dist: pytest-black-multipy ; extra == 'testing'
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30 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/configparser.svg
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31 :target: `PyPI link`_
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33 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/configparser.svg
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34 :target: `PyPI link`_
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36 .. _PyPI link: https://pypi.org/project/configparser
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51 .. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/configparser/badge/?version=latest
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52 :target: https://configparser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest
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55 :target: https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/pypi-configparser?utm_source=pypi-configparser&utm_medium=readme
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58 The ancient ``ConfigParser`` module available in the standard library 2.x has
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59 seen a major update in Python 3.2. This is a backport of those changes so that
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60 they can be used directly in Python 2.6 - 3.5.
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62 To use the ``configparser`` backport instead of the built-in version on both
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63 Python 2 and Python 3, simply import it explicitly as a backport::
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65 from backports import configparser
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67 If you'd like to use the backport on Python 2 and the built-in version on
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68 Python 3, use that invocation instead::
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70 import configparser
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72 For detailed documentation consult the vanilla version at
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73 http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html.
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75 Why you'll love ``configparser``
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76 --------------------------------
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78 Whereas almost completely compatible with its older brother, ``configparser``
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79 sports a bunch of interesting new features:
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81 * full mapping protocol access (`more info
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82 <http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#mapping-protocol-access>`_)::
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84 >>> parser = ConfigParser()
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85 >>> parser.read_string("""
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86 [DEFAULT]
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87 location = upper left
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88 visible = yes
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89 editable = no
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90 color = blue
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92 [main]
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93 title = Main Menu
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94 color = green
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96 [options]
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97 title = Options
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98 """)
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99 >>> parser['main']['color']
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100 'green'
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101 >>> parser['main']['editable']
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102 'no'
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103 >>> section = parser['options']
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104 >>> section['title']
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105 'Options'
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106 >>> section['title'] = 'Options (editable: %(editable)s)'
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107 >>> section['title']
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108 'Options (editable: no)'
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110 * there's now one default ``ConfigParser`` class, which basically is the old
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111 ``SafeConfigParser`` with a bunch of tweaks which make it more predictable for
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112 users. Don't need interpolation? Simply use
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113 ``ConfigParser(interpolation=None)``, no need to use a distinct
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114 ``RawConfigParser`` anymore.
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116 * the parser is highly `customizable upon instantiation
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117 <http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#customizing-parser-behaviour>`__
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118 supporting things like changing option delimiters, comment characters, the
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119 name of the DEFAULT section, the interpolation syntax, etc.
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121 * you can easily create your own interpolation syntax but there are two powerful
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122 implementations built-in (`more info
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123 <http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#interpolation-of-values>`__):
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130 <http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#fallback-values>`__)::
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132 >>> config.get('closet', 'monster',
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133 ... fallback='No such things as monsters')
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134 'No such things as monsters'
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136 * ``ConfigParser`` objects can now read data directly `from strings
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137 <http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#configparser.ConfigParser.read_string>`__
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139 <http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#configparser.ConfigParser.read_dict>`__.
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140 That means importing configuration from JSON or specifying default values for
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141 the whole configuration (multiple sections) is now a single line of code. Same
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143 mapping protocol support.
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144
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145 * many smaller tweaks, updates and fixes
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146
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147 A few words about Unicode
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148 -------------------------
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149
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150 ``configparser`` comes from Python 3 and as such it works well with Unicode.
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151 The library is generally cleaned up in terms of internal data storage and
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152 reading/writing files. There are a couple of incompatibilities with the old
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153 ``ConfigParser`` due to that. However, the work required to migrate is well
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154 worth it as it shows the issues that would likely come up during migration of
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155 your project to Python 3.
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156
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157 The design assumes that Unicode strings are used whenever possible [1]_. That
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158 gives you the certainty that what's stored in a configuration object is text.
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159 Once your configuration is read, the rest of your application doesn't have to
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160 deal with encoding issues. All you have is text [2]_. The only two phases when
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161 you should explicitly state encoding is when you either read from an external
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162 source (e.g. a file) or write back.
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163
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164 Versioning
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165 ----------
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166
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167 This project uses `semver <https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html>`_ to
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168 communicate the impact of various releases while periodically syncing
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169 with the upstream implementation in CPython.
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170 `The changelog <https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/blob/master/CHANGES.rst>`_
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171 serves as a reference indicating which versions incorporate
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172 which upstream functionality.
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174 Prior to the ``4.0.0`` release, `another scheme
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175 <https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/blob/3.8.1/README.rst#versioning>`_
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176 was used to associate the CPython and backports releases.
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178 Maintenance
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179 -----------
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180
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181 This backport was originally authored by Łukasz Langa, the current vanilla
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182 ``configparser`` maintainer for CPython and is currently maintained by
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183 Jason R. Coombs:
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184
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185 * `configparser repository <https://github.com/jaraco/configparser>`_
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187 * `configparser issue tracker <https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/issues>`_
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188
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189 Security Contact
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190 ----------------
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191
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192 To report a security vulnerability, please use the
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193 `Tidelift security contact <https://tidelift.com/security>`_.
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194 Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure.
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195
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196 Conversion Process
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197 ------------------
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198
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199 This section is technical and should bother you only if you are wondering how
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200 this backport is produced. If the implementation details of this backport are
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201 not important for you, feel free to ignore the following content.
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202
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203 ``configparser`` is converted using `python-future
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204 <http://python-future.org>`_. The project takes the following
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205 branching approach:
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206
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207 * the ``3.x`` branch holds unchanged files synchronized from the upstream
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208 CPython repository. The synchronization is currently done by manually copying
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209 the required files and stating from which CPython changeset they come from.
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211 * the ``master`` branch holds a version of the ``3.x`` code with some tweaks
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212 that make it independent from libraries and constructions unavailable on 2.x.
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213 Code on this branch still *must* work on the corresponding Python 3.x but
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214 will also work on Python 2.6 and 2.7 (including PyPy). You can check this
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215 running the supplied unit tests with ``tox``.
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216
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217 The process works like this:
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218
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219 1. In the ``3.x`` branch, run ``pip-run -- sync-upstream.py``, which
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220 downloads the latest stable release of Python and copies the relevant
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221 files from there into their new locations here and then commits those
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222 changes with a nice reference to the relevant upstream commit hash.
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224 2. I check for new names in ``__all__`` and update imports in
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225 ``configparser.py`` accordingly. I run the tests on Python 3. Commit.
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227 3. I merge the new commit to ``master``. I run ``tox``. Commit.
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228
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229 4. If there are necessary changes, I do them now (on ``master``). Note that
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230 the changes should be written in the syntax subset supported by Python
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231 2.6.
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233 5. I run ``tox``. If it works, I update the docs and release the new version.
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234 Otherwise, I go back to point 3. I might use ``pasteurize`` to suggest me
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235 required changes but usually I do them manually to keep resulting code in
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236 a nicer form.
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239 Footnotes
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242 .. [1] To somewhat ease migration, passing bytestrings is still supported but
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243 they are converted to Unicode for internal storage anyway. This means
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244 that for the vast majority of strings used in configuration files, it
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245 won't matter if you pass them as bytestrings or Unicode. However, if you
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246 pass a bytestring that cannot be converted to Unicode using the naive
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247 ASCII codec, a ``UnicodeDecodeError`` will be raised. This is purposeful
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248 and helps you manage proper encoding for all content you store in
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249 memory, read from various sources and write back.
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250
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251 .. [2] Life gets much easier when you understand that you basically manage
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252 **text** in your application. You don't care about bytes but about
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253 letters. In that regard the concept of content encoding is meaningless.
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254 The only time when you deal with raw bytes is when you write the data to
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255 a file. Then you have to specify how your text should be encoded. On
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256 the other end, to get meaningful text from a file, the application
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257 reading it has to know which encoding was used during its creation. But
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258 once the bytes are read and properly decoded, all you have is text. This
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259 is especially powerful when you start interacting with multiple data
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260 sources. Even if each of them uses a different encoding, inside your
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261 application data is held in abstract text form. You can program your
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262 business logic without worrying about which data came from which source.
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263 You can freely exchange the data you store between sources. Only
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264 reading/writing files requires encoding your text to bytes.
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