[BigDaddy]

Hi, did you know if SafeConfigParser is new in version 2.4 or 2.3 of python? because we found both information in documentation

[Mupolan]

BigDaddy, http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html clearly says SafeConfigParser is new in 2.3, and my 2.3 has it.
where did you read that it was new in 2.4?

[BigDaddy]

Mupolan, http://docs.python.org/lib/SafeConfigParser-objects.html

[Mupolan]

BigDaddy, that just says the 'set' method's behaviour is new in 2.4. the SafeConfigParser itself is new in 2.3.

[BigDaddy]

Ok, thank you Mupolan, so there is no way to put a new option in an ini file with SafeConfigParser and python 2.3 right?

[Peter Pitt]

BigDaddy, I'm guessing that SafeConfigParser is a subclass of RawConfigParser, in which case it will still have a set in 2.3
But the set won't do the type check - see the docs for RawConfigParser's set()

[BigDaddy]

Peter Pitt, ok so the SafeConfigParser's set is only usefull if I have to check the type, thanks for making it more clear to me

[Peter Pitt]

BigDaddy, if you're writing to files, SafeConfigParser's set just means you fail earlier when there are non-string values.