SF bug #997050: Document, test, & check for non-string values in ConfigParser. Moved the new string-only restriction added in rev. 1.65 to the SafeConfigParser class, leaving existing ConfigParser & RawConfigParser behavior alone, and documented the conditions under which non-string values work.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 634f661..a382e70 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
consistent with the handling of config file entries and runtime-set
options.
+- SF bug #997050: Document, test, & check for non-string values in
+ ConfigParser. Moved the new string-only restriction added in
+ rev. 1.65 to the SafeConfigParser class, leaving existing
+ ConfigParser & RawConfigParser behavior alone, and documented the
+ conditions under which non-string values work.
+
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