Message 93168 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

When ConfigParser is used to read in a my.cnf file (MySQL Server Configuration File), it fails for options that do not have value.

ConfigParser is designed to require a value for each option, but some systems, such as MySQL option file reader, accepts options without values. Reading a my.cnf file is almost certain to include options without values. The server can accept options with values even though the value is not necessary, but there are some tools that do not allow values for options that do not require them.

There is an attached patch that optionally will allow options to not have a value. In order to distinguish options with no value from options with the empty string, None is assigned to options without values.

The default behavior is to not allow options without values.