ConfigParser.read() should return list of files read

[belm0]

BPO	677651
Nosy	@freddrake, @brettcannon, @belm0
Files	cfgparser.1: ConfigParser read patch (2 of 2: new file dist/src/Lib/test/cfgparser.1) ConfigParser.patch: ConfigParser read patch (1 of 2: diff)

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[belm0]

Regarding ConfigParser.ConfigParser:

When debugging or when the user of a command line tool
requests verbose output, it is useful to report exactly
which files the configuration has been read from. If
this is required, ConfigParser.read() is not useful.

Attached is a patch to make ConfigParser.read() return
a list of files it has read from.

[brettcannon]

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Since this has actual code I am making this a patch.

[freddrake]

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This patch is missing tests and documentation updates.

[belm0]

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Patch against Python HEAD, including documentation and tests is
attached. This is new territory to me, I don't claim to know what I'm
doing.

[belm0]

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In the test code, I mispelled nonexistent.

[freddrake]

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Committed with an enhanced test as:

Doc/lib/libcfgparser.tex 1.38
Lib/ConfigParser.py 1.1.66
Lib/test/cfgparser.1 1.1
Lib/test/test_cfgparser.py 1.23