From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:59:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF 557704: netrc module can't handle all passwords
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~1063
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6eca358695cb8bf51a5632d5aa3a585802b77732;p=python

SF 557704: netrc module can't handle all passwords

Expanded the range of allowable characters to include ascii punctuation.
Allows resource files to have a larger character set for passwords.
(Idea contributed by Bram Moolenaar.)
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diff --git a/Lib/netrc.py b/Lib/netrc.py
index 316a66c886..1d65dbeb89 100644
--- a/Lib/netrc.py
+++ b/Lib/netrc.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ class netrc:
         self.hosts = {}
         self.macros = {}
         lexer = shlex.shlex(fp)
-        # Allows @ in hostnames.  Not a big deal...
-        lexer.wordchars = lexer.wordchars + '.-@'
+        lexer.wordchars += r"""!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~"""
         while 1:
             # Look for a machine, default, or macdef top-level keyword
             toplevel = tt = lexer.get_token()