RFC 822 continuations

[Florian Lindner]

Hello,
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html writes:

"with continuations in the style of RFC 822; "

what is meant with these continuations?

Thanks,

Florian

[Larry Bates]

Florian Lindner wrote:

Hello,
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html writes:

"with continuations in the style of RFC 822; "

what is meant with these continuations?

Thanks,

Florian

From ConfigParser source code:

Continuations are represented by an embedded newline then
leading whitespace.

-Larry Bates

[steven.vereecken]

Larry Bates wrote:

Florian Lindner wrote:

Hello,
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html writes:

"with continuations in the style of RFC 822; "

what is meant with these continuations?

Thanks,

Florian

From ConfigParser source code:

Continuations are represented by an embedded newline then
leading whitespace.

-Larry Bates

In case this is not clear enough (wasn't clear to me either, the first
time I saw it, what with talk of "continuations" in other contexts), it
basically means that the values for a config option can span multiple
lines. A line starting with whitespace is considered to be a
"continuation" of the previous line.

Polaar