From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:06:08 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF patch 557704: netrc module can't handle all passwords
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~1062
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1d877863050c791aa35cc4659f8134349480f57d;p=python

SF patch 557704: netrc module can't handle all passwords

Revised netrc.py to include the additional ascii punctuation
characters.  Omitted the other logic changes.  See
Lib/netrc.py 1.17.

Since this is more of a feature request than a bug,
including in Py2.3 but not recommending for backporting.
---

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 496ad0b563..5c70af8b49 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ Extension modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- netrc now allows Ascii punctuation characters in passwords.
+
 - shelve now supports the optional writeback argument, and exposes
   pickle protocol versions.