Convert key to string when accessing ConfigParser

Rémi Lapeyre · Rémi Lapeyre · commit c8fff23ca94c · 2019-02-18T14:03:43.000+01:00
diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -956,7 +956,8 @@ def remove_section(self, section):
         return existed
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
-        if key != self.default_section and not self.has_section(key):
+        key = str(key)
+        if not key in self:
             raise KeyError(key)
         return self._proxies[key]
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ def test_basic_from_dict(self):
                 },
             })
 
+    def test_string_conversion(self):
+        cf = self.newconfig()
+        cf[123] = {}
+        self.assertEqual(cf[123], {})
+
     def test_case_sensitivity(self):
         cf = self.newconfig()
         cf.add_section("A")
