[issue20923] ConfigParser should nested [] in section names.

2014-03-15 Thread Miloš Komarčević
Miloš Komarčević added the comment: Thanks for the exhaustive explanation. I did however come across a proprietary application that stores it's configuration in an INI like file that exhibits this corner case behaviour with section names, hence the suggestion for enhanc

[issue20923] ConfigParser should be greedy when parsing section name

2014-03-14 Thread Miloš Komarčević
New submission from Miloš Komarčević: It would be good if ConfigParser supported angled brackets in section names by being greedy when parsing. For example, section: [Test[2]_foo] gets parsed as: Test[2 -- messages: 213554 nosy: miloskomarcevic priority: normal severity: normal