Allow square brackets in the option names; this makes it possible to use

freddrake · freddrake · commit d83bbbfd222d · 2001-02-12T17:18:11.000Z
ConfigParser with GNOME-ish config files that use the internationalization conventions found in GNOME. This closes SF bug #131635.
diff --git a/Lib/ConfigParser.py b/Lib/ConfigParser.py
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def remove_section(self, section):
         r'\]'                                 # ]
         )
     OPTCRE = re.compile(
-        r'(?P<option>[-\w_.*,(){}]+)'         # a lot of stuff found by IvL
+        r'(?P<option>[]\-[\w_.*,(){}]+)'      # a lot of stuff found by IvL
         r'[ \t]*(?P<vi>[:=])[ \t]*'           # any number of space/tab,
                                               # followed by separator
                                               # (either : or =), followed

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def remove_section(self, section):`
`391`	`391`	`r'\]' # ]`
`392`	`392`	`)`
`393`	`393`	`OPTCRE = re.compile(`
`394`		`- r'(?P<option>[-\w_.*,(){}]+)' # a lot of stuff found by IvL`
	`394`	`+ r'(?P<option>[]\-[\w_.*,(){}]+)' # a lot of stuff found by IvL`
`395`	`395`	`r'[ \t](?P<vi>[:=])[ \t]' # any number of space/tab,`
`396`	`396`	`# followed by separator`
`397`	`397`	`# (either : or =), followed`