-
:mod:`ConfigParser` --- Configuration file parser
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.. module:: ConfigParser
+ :synopsis: Old name for the configparser module.
+
+.. module:: configparser
:synopsis: Configuration file parser.
.. moduleauthor:: Ken Manheimer <klm@zope.com>
.. moduleauthor:: Barry Warsaw <bwarsaw@python.org>
.. moduleauthor:: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
.. sectionauthor:: Christopher G. Petrilli <petrilli@amber.org>
+.. note::
+ The :mod:`ConfigParser` module has been renamed to :mod:`configparser` in
+ Python 3.0. It is importable under both names in Python 2.6 and the rest of
+ the 2.x series.
.. index::
pair: .ini; file
.. function:: fileConfig(fname[, defaults])
- Reads the logging configuration from a ConfigParser-format file named *fname*.
- This function can be called several times from an application, allowing an end
- user the ability to select from various pre-canned configurations (if the
- developer provides a mechanism to present the choices and load the chosen
- configuration). Defaults to be passed to ConfigParser can be specified in the
- *defaults* argument.
+ Reads the logging configuration from a :mod:`configparser`\-format file named
+ *fname*. This function can be called several times from an application,
+ allowing an end user the ability to select from various pre-canned
+ configurations (if the developer provides a mechanism to present the choices
+ and load the chosen configuration). Defaults to be passed to the ConfigParser
+ can be specified in the *defaults* argument.
.. function:: listen([port])