Merged changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
(Very rough.)
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex b/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex
index fa76b22..50af056 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
\declaremodule{standard}{ConfigParser}
\modulesynopsis{Configuration file parser.}
+\moduleauthor{Ken Manheimer}{klm@digicool.com}
+\moduleauthor{Barry Warsaw}{bwarsaw@python.org}
\sectionauthor{Christopher G. Petrilli}{petrilli@amber.org}
This module defines the class \class{ConfigParser}.
@@ -16,24 +18,27 @@
The configuration file consists of sections, lead by a
\samp{[section]} header and followed by \samp{name: value} entries,
with continuations in the style of \rfc{822}; \samp{name=value} is
-also accepted. The optional values can contain format strings which
-refer to other values in the same section, or values in a special
+also accepted. Note that leading whitespace is removed from values.
+The optional values can contain format strings which refer to other
+values in the same section, or values in a special
\code{DEFAULT} section. Additional defaults can be provided upon
-initialization and retrieval. Lines beginning with \character{\#} are
-ignored and may be used to provide comments.
+initialization and retrieval. Lines beginning with \character{\#} or
+\character{;} are ignored and may be used to provide comments.
For example:
\begin{verbatim}
foodir: %(dir)s/whatever
+dir=frob
\end{verbatim}
-would resolve the \samp{\%(dir)s} to the value of dir. All reference
-expansions are done late, on demand.
+would resolve the \samp{\%(dir)s} to the value of
+\samp{dir} (\samp{frob} in this case). All reference expansions are
+done on demand.
-Intrinsic defaults can be specified by passing them into the
-\class{ConfigParser} constructor as a dictionary. Additional defaults
-may be passed into the \method{get} method which will override all
+Default values can be specified by passing them into the
+\class{ConfigParser} constructor as a dictionary. Additional defaults
+may be passed into the \method{get()} method which will override all
others.
\begin{classdesc}{ConfigParser}{\optional{defaults}}
@@ -50,7 +55,9 @@
\end{excdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{DuplicateSectionError}
-Exception raised when mutliple sections with the same name are found.
+Exception raised when mutliple sections with the same name are found,
+or if \method{add_section()} is called with the name of a section that
+is already present.
\end{excdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{NoOptionError}
@@ -87,7 +94,14 @@
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{sections}{}
-Return a list of the sections available.
+Return a list of the sections available; \code{DEFAULT} is not
+included in the list.
+\end{methoddesc}
+
+\begin{methoddesc}{add_section}{section}
+Add a section named \var{section} to the instance. If a section by
+the given name already exists, \exception{DuplicateSectionError} is
+raised.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{has_section}{section}
@@ -123,6 +137,6 @@
\begin{methoddesc}{getboolean}{section, option}
A convenience method which coerces the \var{option} in the specified
\var{section} to a boolean value. Note that the only accepted values
-for the option are \code{0} and \code{1}, any others will raise
+for the option are \samp{0} and \samp{1}, any others will raise
\exception{ValueError}.
\end{methoddesc}