bpo-23835: [docs] configparser converts defaults to strings (#3176)
Title says all.
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Christian Tismer
Jim Tittsler
Frank J. Tobin
+James Tocknell
Bennett Todd
R Lindsay Todd
Eugene Toder
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+configparser: reading defaults in the ``ConfigParser()`` constructor is now
+using ``read_dict()``, making its behavior consistent with the rest of the
+parser. Non-string keys and values in the defaults dictionary are now being
+implicitly converted to strings. Patch by James Tocknell.