Łukasz Langa added the comment:
This bug has been fixed in Python 3.2 (see 892236137db9). Please use the
configparser backport for Python 2.7.
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resolution: - fixed
stage: needs patch - resolved
status: open - closed
type: enhancement - behavior
Norman Denayer added the comment:
I guess it's logical to have the value turned to '' in the reader, but I
would expect the same transformation in the writer.
If the write function would write for an empty string, will it solve your
issue?
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keywords: +patch
nosy: +Norman.Denayer
Changes by Łukasz Langa luk...@langa.pl:
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New submission from Nacsa Kristóf:
http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/8d5df9602a72/Lib/ConfigParser.py#l529
RawConfigParser has a special case of replacing '' with '' in reader.
However the writer does not do the same.
This may cause problems, for example if you merge multiple ini files into
Nacsa Kristóf added the comment:
typo:
`key=` instead of `key=value`
was meant as
`key=` instead of `key=`
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R. David Murray added the comment:
A configurable option is probably the only way forward, due to backward
compatibility reasons, but Łukasz will know for sure. If so, it can only go in
the *next* version of Python, and while we haven't hit beta yet on 3.4 it may
be too late for anyone to
