Commit 832c8bbe authored by Ezio Melotti's avatar Ezio Melotti

#9101: backport json reference in configparser doc.

parent b4fb909c
...@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ easily. ...@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ easily.
This library does *not* interpret or write the value-type prefixes used in This library does *not* interpret or write the value-type prefixes used in
the Windows Registry extended version of INI syntax. the Windows Registry extended version of INI syntax.
.. seealso::
Module :mod:`shlex`
Support for a creating Unix shell-like mini-languages which can be used
as an alternate format for application configuration files.
Module :mod:`json`
The json module implements a subset of JavaScript syntax which can also
be used for this purpose.
The configuration file consists of sections, led by a ``[section]`` header and The configuration file consists of sections, led by a ``[section]`` header and
followed by ``name: value`` entries, with continuations in the style of followed by ``name: value`` entries, with continuations in the style of
:rfc:`822` (see section 3.1.1, "LONG HEADER FIELDS"); ``name=value`` is also :rfc:`822` (see section 3.1.1, "LONG HEADER FIELDS"); ``name=value`` is also
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