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  r71537 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-12 19:24:11 +0200 (So, 12 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5741: dont disallow double percent signs in SafeConfigParser.set() keys.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cfgparser.py b/Lib/test/test_cfgparser.py
index a8418ca..12fd00c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cfgparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cfgparser.py
@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@
 
         self.assertEqual(cf.get('sect', "option1"), "foo")
 
+        # bug #5741: double percents are *not* malformed
+        cf.set("sect", "option2", "foo%%bar")
+        self.assertEqual(cf.get("sect", "option2"), "foo%bar")
+
     def test_set_nonstring_types(self):
         cf = self.fromstring("[sect]\n"
                              "option1=foo\n")