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changeset | 1 Metadata-Version: 2.1 | 
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changeset | 2 Name: configparser | 
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changeset | 3 Version: 5.0.0 | 
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changeset | 4 Summary: Updated configparser from Python 3.8 for Python 2.6+. | 
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changeset | 5 Home-page: https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/ | 
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changeset | 6 Author: Łukasz Langa | 
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changeset | 7 Author-email: lukasz@langa.pl | 
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changeset | 8 Maintainer: Jason R. Coombs | 
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changeset | 9 Maintainer-email: jaraco@jaraco.com | 
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changeset | 10 License: UNKNOWN | 
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changeset | 11 Keywords: configparser ini parsing conf cfg configuration file | 
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changeset | 12 Platform: any | 
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changeset | 13 Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable | 
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changeset | 14 Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers | 
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changeset | 15 Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License | 
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changeset | 16 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 | 
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changeset | 17 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only | 
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changeset | 18 Requires-Python: >=3.6 | 
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changeset | 19 Provides-Extra: docs | 
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changeset | 20 Requires-Dist: sphinx ; extra == 'docs' | 
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changeset | 21 Requires-Dist: jaraco.packaging (>=3.2) ; extra == 'docs' | 
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changeset | 22 Requires-Dist: rst.linker (>=1.9) ; extra == 'docs' | 
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changeset | 23 Provides-Extra: testing | 
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changeset | 24 Requires-Dist: pytest (!=3.7.3,>=3.5) ; extra == 'testing' | 
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changeset | 25 Requires-Dist: pytest-checkdocs (>=1.2.3) ; extra == 'testing' | 
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changeset | 26 Requires-Dist: pytest-flake8 ; extra == 'testing' | 
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changeset | 27 Requires-Dist: pytest-black-multipy ; extra == 'testing' | 
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changeset | 28 Requires-Dist: pytest-cov ; extra == 'testing' | 
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changeset | 30 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/configparser.svg | 
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changeset | 31 :target: `PyPI link`_ | 
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changeset | 33 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/configparser.svg | 
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changeset | 34 :target: `PyPI link`_ | 
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changeset | 36 .. _PyPI link: https://pypi.org/project/configparser | 
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changeset | 38 .. image:: https://dev.azure.com/jaraco/configparser/_apis/build/status/jaraco.configparser?branchName=master | 
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changeset | 39 :target: https://dev.azure.com/jaraco/configparser/_build/latest?definitionId=1&branchName=master | 
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changeset | 41 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/travis/jaraco/configparser/master.svg | 
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changeset | 42 :target: https://travis-ci.org/jaraco/configparser | 
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changeset | 44 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg | 
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changeset | 45 :target: https://github.com/psf/black | 
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changeset | 46 :alt: Code style: Black | 
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changeset | 48 .. .. image:: https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/jaraco/configparser/master.svg | 
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changeset | 49 .. :target: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/jaraco/configparser/branch/master | 
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changeset | 51 .. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/configparser/badge/?version=latest | 
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changeset | 52 :target: https://configparser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest | 
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changeset | 54 .. image:: https://tidelift.com/badges/package/pypi/configparser | 
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changeset | 55 :target: https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/pypi-configparser?utm_source=pypi-configparser&utm_medium=readme | 
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changeset | 58 The ancient ``ConfigParser`` module available in the standard library 2.x has | 
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changeset | 59 seen a major update in Python 3.2. This is a backport of those changes so that | 
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changeset | 60 they can be used directly in Python 2.6 - 3.5. | 
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changeset | 62 To use the ``configparser`` backport instead of the built-in version on both | 
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changeset | 63 Python 2 and Python 3, simply import it explicitly as a backport:: | 
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changeset | 65 from backports import configparser | 
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changeset | 67 If you'd like to use the backport on Python 2 and the built-in version on | 
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changeset | 68 Python 3, use that invocation instead:: | 
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changeset | 69 | 
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changeset | 70 import configparser | 
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changeset | 72 For detailed documentation consult the vanilla version at | 
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changeset | 73 http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html. | 
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changeset | 75 Why you'll love ``configparser`` | 
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changeset | 78 Whereas almost completely compatible with its older brother, ``configparser`` | 
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changeset | 79 sports a bunch of interesting new features: | 
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changeset | 81 * full mapping protocol access (`more info | 
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changeset | 82 <http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#mapping-protocol-access>`_):: | 
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changeset | 84 >>> parser = ConfigParser() | 
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changeset | 85 >>> parser.read_string(""" | 
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changeset | 86 [DEFAULT] | 
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changeset | 87 location = upper left | 
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changeset | 88 visible = yes | 
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changeset | 89 editable = no | 
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changeset | 90 color = blue | 
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changeset | 92 [main] | 
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changeset | 93 title = Main Menu | 
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changeset | 94 color = green | 
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changeset | 96 [options] | 
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changeset | 97 title = Options | 
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changeset | 98 """) | 
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changeset | 99 >>> parser['main']['color'] | 
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changeset | 100 'green' | 
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changeset | 101 >>> parser['main']['editable'] | 
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changeset | 102 'no' | 
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changeset | 103 >>> section = parser['options'] | 
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changeset | 104 >>> section['title'] | 
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changeset | 105 'Options' | 
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changeset | 106 >>> section['title'] = 'Options (editable: %(editable)s)' | 
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changeset | 107 >>> section['title'] | 
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changeset | 108 'Options (editable: no)' | 
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changeset | 110 * there's now one default ``ConfigParser`` class, which basically is the old | 
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changeset | 111 ``SafeConfigParser`` with a bunch of tweaks which make it more predictable for | 
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changeset | 112 users. Don't need interpolation? Simply use | 
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changeset | 113 ``ConfigParser(interpolation=None)``, no need to use a distinct | 
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changeset | 114 ``RawConfigParser`` anymore. | 
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changeset | 116 * the parser is highly `customizable upon instantiation | 
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changeset | 117 <http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#customizing-parser-behaviour>`__ | 
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changeset | 239 Footnotes | 
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changeset | 242 .. [1] To somewhat ease migration, passing bytestrings is still supported but | 
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changeset | 243 they are converted to Unicode for internal storage anyway. This means | 
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changeset | 244 that for the vast majority of strings used in configuration files, it | 
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changeset | 245 won't matter if you pass them as bytestrings or Unicode. However, if you | 
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changeset | 246 pass a bytestring that cannot be converted to Unicode using the naive | 
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changeset | 247 ASCII codec, a ``UnicodeDecodeError`` will be raised. This is purposeful | 
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changeset | 248 and helps you manage proper encoding for all content you store in | 
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changeset | 249 memory, read from various sources and write back. | 
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changeset | 251 .. [2] Life gets much easier when you understand that you basically manage | 
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changeset | 252 **text** in your application. You don't care about bytes but about | 
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changeset | 253 letters. In that regard the concept of content encoding is meaningless. | 
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changeset | 254 The only time when you deal with raw bytes is when you write the data to | 
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changeset | 255 a file. Then you have to specify how your text should be encoded. On | 
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changeset | 256 the other end, to get meaningful text from a file, the application | 
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changeset | 257 reading it has to know which encoding was used during its creation. But | 
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changeset | 258 once the bytes are read and properly decoded, all you have is text. This | 
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changeset | 259 is especially powerful when you start interacting with multiple data | 
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changeset | 260 sources. Even if each of them uses a different encoding, inside your | 
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changeset | 261 application data is held in abstract text form. You can program your | 
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changeset | 262 business logic without worrying about which data came from which source. | 
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changeset | 263 You can freely exchange the data you store between sources. Only | 
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changeset | 264 reading/writing files requires encoding your text to bytes. | 
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