From b3ce3f32505a5c00d5e8902dd744ac649d6bf0ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:42:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 01/31] gh-127011: Add __str__ and __repr__ to ConfigParser

---
 Lib/configparser.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index 420dce77c234e1..9ae36c8365e3d0 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -1040,6 +1040,14 @@ def __iter__(self):
         # XXX does it break when underlying container state changed?
         return itertools.chain((self.default_section,), self._sections.keys())
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        config_dict = {section: dict(self.items(section)) for section in self.sections()}
+        return str(config_dict)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<ConfigParser(default_section='{self.default_section}', interpolation={self._interpolation})>"
+
+
     def _read(self, fp, fpname):
         """Parse a sectioned configuration file.
 

From d603aa8410179bf8e98d30dd193d28dd8f413001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:52:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 02/31] Add test

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index e3c5d08dd1e7d1..7adbccbdd550c2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1080,6 +1080,7 @@ class RawConfigParserTestCase(BasicTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
     config_class = configparser.RawConfigParser
 
     def test_interpolation(self):
+        
         cf = self.get_interpolation_config()
         eq = self.assertEqual
         eq(cf.get("Foo", "bar"),
@@ -1126,6 +1127,34 @@ def test_defaults_keyword(self):
         cf = self.newconfig(defaults={"A": 5.2})
         self.assertAlmostEqual(cf[self.default_section]['a'], 5.2)
 
+def test_repr_and_str_representation(self):
+    """Test repr and str representation of RawConfigParser."""
+    config_string = """\
+[Section1]
+key1 = value1
+key2 = value2
+
+[Section2]
+keyA = valueA
+keyB = valueB
+"""
+    cf = self.newconfig()
+    cf.read_string(config_string)  # Use a left-aligned string to avoid ParsingError
+    cf.optionxform = str  # Preserve key casing
+
+    # Test `repr` representation
+    expected_repr = (
+        "ConfigParser(default_section='DEFAULT', "
+        "interpolation=None)"
+    )
+    self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
+
+    # Test `str` representation
+    expected_str = (
+        "{'Section1': {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}, "
+        "'Section2': {'keyA': 'valueA', 'keyB': 'valueB'}}"
+    )
+    self.assertEqual(str(cf), expected_str)
 
 class RawConfigParserTestCaseNonStandardDelimiters(RawConfigParserTestCase):
     delimiters = (':=', '$')

From 91db566f982a96f32880c460b1b588b59221c7d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:54:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 03/31] Remove unnecessary comments

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 7adbccbdd550c2..67819766256305 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1139,17 +1139,14 @@ def test_repr_and_str_representation(self):
 keyB = valueB
 """
     cf = self.newconfig()
-    cf.read_string(config_string)  # Use a left-aligned string to avoid ParsingError
-    cf.optionxform = str  # Preserve key casing
+    cf.read_string(config_string)  
+    cf.optionxform = str 
 
-    # Test `repr` representation
     expected_repr = (
         "ConfigParser(default_section='DEFAULT', "
         "interpolation=None)"
     )
     self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
-
-    # Test `str` representation
     expected_str = (
         "{'Section1': {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}, "
         "'Section2': {'keyA': 'valueA', 'keyB': 'valueB'}}"

From 7f3633d8fba845c0cb577cad84394b5085068300 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:22:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 04/31] Fix whitespaces

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 67819766256305..1c79c9d331625c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ class RawConfigParserTestCase(BasicTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
     config_class = configparser.RawConfigParser
 
     def test_interpolation(self):
-        
+
         cf = self.get_interpolation_config()
         eq = self.assertEqual
         eq(cf.get("Foo", "bar"),
@@ -1139,8 +1139,8 @@ def test_repr_and_str_representation(self):
 keyB = valueB
 """
     cf = self.newconfig()
-    cf.read_string(config_string)  
-    cf.optionxform = str 
+    cf.read_string(config_string)
+    cf.optionxform = str
 
     expected_repr = (
         "ConfigParser(default_section='DEFAULT', "

From 5cd1d1f1d8ebaabef7673fb734ccdb06b593789b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:13:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 05/31] Revert unittest

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 26 --------------------------
 1 file changed, 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 1c79c9d331625c..fb5e6d4c2032af 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1127,32 +1127,6 @@ def test_defaults_keyword(self):
         cf = self.newconfig(defaults={"A": 5.2})
         self.assertAlmostEqual(cf[self.default_section]['a'], 5.2)
 
-def test_repr_and_str_representation(self):
-    """Test repr and str representation of RawConfigParser."""
-    config_string = """\
-[Section1]
-key1 = value1
-key2 = value2
-
-[Section2]
-keyA = valueA
-keyB = valueB
-"""
-    cf = self.newconfig()
-    cf.read_string(config_string)
-    cf.optionxform = str
-
-    expected_repr = (
-        "ConfigParser(default_section='DEFAULT', "
-        "interpolation=None)"
-    )
-    self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
-    expected_str = (
-        "{'Section1': {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}, "
-        "'Section2': {'keyA': 'valueA', 'keyB': 'valueB'}}"
-    )
-    self.assertEqual(str(cf), expected_str)
-
 class RawConfigParserTestCaseNonStandardDelimiters(RawConfigParserTestCase):
     delimiters = (':=', '$')
     comment_prefixes = ('//', '"')

From 525502546f729879606770425563cd577603b6d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:20:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 06/31] Remove unnecessary changes

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index fb5e6d4c2032af..e3c5d08dd1e7d1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1080,7 +1080,6 @@ class RawConfigParserTestCase(BasicTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
     config_class = configparser.RawConfigParser
 
     def test_interpolation(self):
-
         cf = self.get_interpolation_config()
         eq = self.assertEqual
         eq(cf.get("Foo", "bar"),
@@ -1127,6 +1126,7 @@ def test_defaults_keyword(self):
         cf = self.newconfig(defaults={"A": 5.2})
         self.assertAlmostEqual(cf[self.default_section]['a'], 5.2)
 
+
 class RawConfigParserTestCaseNonStandardDelimiters(RawConfigParserTestCase):
     delimiters = (':=', '$')
     comment_prefixes = ('//', '"')

From dc71b39975c8424290041454479d819e094db999 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:56:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 07/31] change approach for repr

---
 Lib/configparser.py | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index 9ae36c8365e3d0..ab63e672d94677 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ def __init__(self, defaults=None, dict_type=_default_dict,
         if defaults:
             self._read_defaults(defaults)
         self._allow_unnamed_section = allow_unnamed_section
+        self._loaded_files = []
 
     def defaults(self):
         return self._defaults
@@ -750,6 +751,7 @@ def read(self, filenames, encoding=None):
             if isinstance(filename, os.PathLike):
                 filename = os.fspath(filename)
             read_ok.append(filename)
+        self._loaded_files.extend(read_ok)
         return read_ok
 
     def read_file(self, f, source=None):
@@ -1041,12 +1043,31 @@ def __iter__(self):
         return itertools.chain((self.default_section,), self._sections.keys())
 
     def __str__(self):
-        config_dict = {section: dict(self.items(section)) for section in self.sections()}
+        config_dict = {
+            section: dict(self.items(section)) for section in self.sections()
+        }
         return str(config_dict)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f"<ConfigParser(default_section='{self.default_section}', interpolation={self._interpolation})>"
-
+        init_params = {
+            "defaults": self._defaults if self._defaults else None,
+            "dict_type": type(self._dict).__name__,
+            "allow_no_value": self._allow_no_value,
+            "delimiters": self._delimiters,
+            "strict": self._strict,
+            "default_section": self.default_section,
+            "interpolation": type(self._interpolation).__name__,
+        }
+        init_params = {k: v for k, v in init_params.items() if v is not None}
+
+        state_summary = {
+            "loaded_files": self._loaded_files if hasattr(self, '_loaded_files') else "(no files loaded)",
+            "sections": len(self._sections),
+        }
+
+        return (f"<{self.__class__.__name__}("
+                f"params={init_params}, "
+                f"state={state_summary})>")
 
     def _read(self, fp, fpname):
         """Parse a sectioned configuration file.

From c59d4faf009978f2045fba27c07c82d1b6ab0bed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "blurb-it[bot]" <43283697+blurb-it[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 13:34:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 08/31] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=93=9C=F0=9F=A4=96=20Added=20by=20b?=
 =?UTF-8?q?lurb=5Fit.?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

---
 .../next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst  | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e2199743350007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The __str__ and __repr__ methods have been added to the :class:configparser.RawConfigParser

From d5e944fec844e2a23626727a3c84e2e09d289e9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:12:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 09/31] Add test and fix parsing error of news

---
 Lib/configparser.py                           |  4 ++-
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py                 | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
 ...-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index ab63e672d94677..5562a91f89c4b0 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -1044,10 +1044,12 @@ def __iter__(self):
 
     def __str__(self):
         config_dict = {
-            section: dict(self.items(section)) for section in self.sections()
+            section: {key: value for key, value in self.items(section, raw=True)}
+            for section in self.sections()
         }
         return str(config_dict)
 
+
     def __repr__(self):
         init_params = {
             "defaults": self._defaults if self._defaults else None,
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index e3c5d08dd1e7d1..8f0cca71bbf6d5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -980,6 +980,28 @@ def test_set_nonstring_types(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cf.set, "sect", 123, "invalid opt name!")
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cf.add_section, 123)
 
+    def test_str_and_repr(self):
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        cf = self.config_class(allow_no_value=True, delimiters=('=',), strict=True)
+
+        cf.add_section("sect")
+        cf.set("sect", "option1", "foo")
+        cf.set("sect", "option2", "bar")
+
+        expected_str = "{'sect': {'option1': 'foo', 'option2': 'bar'}}"
+        self.assertEqual(str(cf), expected_str)
+
+        dict_type = type(cf._dict).__name__
+
+        expected_repr = (
+            f"<{cf.__class__.__name__}("
+            f"params={{'dict_type': '{dict_type}', 'allow_no_value': True, "
+            "'delimiters': ('=',), 'strict': True, 'default_section': 'DEFAULT', "
+            "'interpolation': 'BasicInterpolation'}, "
+            "state={'loaded_files': [], 'sections': 1})>"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
+
     def test_add_section_default(self):
         cf = self.newconfig()
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, cf.add_section, self.default_section)
@@ -1153,6 +1175,8 @@ def test_reading(self):
         self.assertEqual(cf.get("global", "hosts allow"), "127.")
         self.assertEqual(cf.get("tmp", "echo command"), "cat %s; rm %s")
 
+        
+
 class ConfigParserTestCaseExtendedInterpolation(BasicTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
     config_class = configparser.ConfigParser
     interpolation = configparser.ExtendedInterpolation()
@@ -1300,6 +1324,8 @@ def test_case_sensitivity_conflicts(self):
         eq(cf['random']['foo'], 'value redefined')
         eq(cf['random']['Foo'], 'A Better Value Redefined')
 
+    
+
     def test_other_errors(self):
         cf = self.fromstring("""
             [interpolation fail]
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst
index e2199743350007..78d3e7ec7742b9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-The __str__ and __repr__ methods have been added to the :class:configparser.RawConfigParser
+The ``__str__`` and ``__repr__`` methods have been added to the :class:`configparser.RawConfigParser`

From 0883b5287c270abaef93ed2ef5f7b7ac22ecc4e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:18:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 10/31] Remove extra whitespace

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 8f0cca71bbf6d5..1660f6f93bd7e9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1175,8 +1175,6 @@ def test_reading(self):
         self.assertEqual(cf.get("global", "hosts allow"), "127.")
         self.assertEqual(cf.get("tmp", "echo command"), "cat %s; rm %s")
 
-        
-
 class ConfigParserTestCaseExtendedInterpolation(BasicTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
     config_class = configparser.ConfigParser
     interpolation = configparser.ExtendedInterpolation()
@@ -1324,8 +1322,6 @@ def test_case_sensitivity_conflicts(self):
         eq(cf['random']['foo'], 'value redefined')
         eq(cf['random']['Foo'], 'A Better Value Redefined')
 
-    
-
     def test_other_errors(self):
         cf = self.fromstring("""
             [interpolation fail]

From d76eec4006583bd555b63ca84e372a65486c3954 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 01:37:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 11/31] Track all config source for repr

---
 Lib/configparser.py           | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index 5562a91f89c4b0..3914f584449b44 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ def __init__(self, defaults=None, dict_type=_default_dict,
             full=tuple(comment_prefixes or ()),
             inline=tuple(inline_comment_prefixes or ()),
         )
+        self._loaded_sources = []
         self._strict = strict
         self._allow_no_value = allow_no_value
         self._empty_lines_in_values = empty_lines_in_values
@@ -682,7 +683,7 @@ def __init__(self, defaults=None, dict_type=_default_dict,
         if defaults:
             self._read_defaults(defaults)
         self._allow_unnamed_section = allow_unnamed_section
-        self._loaded_files = []
+
 
     def defaults(self):
         return self._defaults
@@ -746,12 +747,13 @@ def read(self, filenames, encoding=None):
             try:
                 with open(filename, encoding=encoding) as fp:
                     self._read(fp, filename)
+                    self._loaded_sources.append(filename)
             except OSError:
                 continue
             if isinstance(filename, os.PathLike):
                 filename = os.fspath(filename)
             read_ok.append(filename)
-        self._loaded_files.extend(read_ok)
+
         return read_ok
 
     def read_file(self, f, source=None):
@@ -768,11 +770,13 @@ def read_file(self, f, source=None):
             except AttributeError:
                 source = '<???>'
         self._read(f, source)
+        self._loaded_sources.append(source)
 
     def read_string(self, string, source='<string>'):
         """Read configuration from a given string."""
         sfile = io.StringIO(string)
         self.read_file(sfile, source)
+        self._loaded_sources.append(source)
 
     def read_dict(self, dictionary, source='<dict>'):
         """Read configuration from a dictionary.
@@ -804,6 +808,8 @@ def read_dict(self, dictionary, source='<dict>'):
                     raise DuplicateOptionError(section, key, source)
                 elements_added.add((section, key))
                 self.set(section, key, value)
+        self._loaded_sources.append(source)
+
 
     def get(self, section, option, *, raw=False, vars=None, fallback=_UNSET):
         """Get an option value for a given section.
@@ -1061,12 +1067,15 @@ def __repr__(self):
             "interpolation": type(self._interpolation).__name__,
         }
         init_params = {k: v for k, v in init_params.items() if v is not None}
-
         state_summary = {
-            "loaded_files": self._loaded_files if hasattr(self, '_loaded_files') else "(no files loaded)",
-            "sections": len(self._sections),
+            "loaded_sources": self._loaded_sources,
+            "sections_count": len(self._sections),
+            "sections": list(self._sections.keys())[:5],  # Limit to 5 section names for readability
         }
 
+        if len(self._sections) > 5:
+            state_summary["sections_truncated"] = f"...and {len(self._sections) - 5} more"
+
         return (f"<{self.__class__.__name__}("
                 f"params={init_params}, "
                 f"state={state_summary})>")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 1660f6f93bd7e9..2b5c4b2408bd43 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -983,12 +983,19 @@ def test_set_nonstring_types(self):
     def test_str_and_repr(self):
         self.maxDiff = None
         cf = self.config_class(allow_no_value=True, delimiters=('=',), strict=True)
-
-        cf.add_section("sect")
-        cf.set("sect", "option1", "foo")
-        cf.set("sect", "option2", "bar")
-
-        expected_str = "{'sect': {'option1': 'foo', 'option2': 'bar'}}"
+        cf.add_section("sect1")
+        cf.add_section("sect2")
+        cf.add_section("sect3")
+        cf.add_section("sect4")
+        cf.add_section("sect5")
+        cf.add_section("sect6")  # Added more than 5 sections to trigger truncation
+        cf.set("sect1", "option1", "foo")
+        cf.set("sect2", "option2", "bar")
+
+        expected_str = (
+            "{'sect1': {'option1': 'foo'}, 'sect2': {'option2': 'bar'}, 'sect3': {}, "
+            "'sect4': {}, 'sect5': {}, 'sect6': {}}"
+        )
         self.assertEqual(str(cf), expected_str)
 
         dict_type = type(cf._dict).__name__
@@ -998,10 +1005,13 @@ def test_str_and_repr(self):
             f"params={{'dict_type': '{dict_type}', 'allow_no_value': True, "
             "'delimiters': ('=',), 'strict': True, 'default_section': 'DEFAULT', "
             "'interpolation': 'BasicInterpolation'}, "
-            "state={'loaded_files': [], 'sections': 1})>"
+            "state={'loaded_sources': [], 'sections_count': 6, "
+            "'sections': ['sect1', 'sect2', 'sect3', 'sect4', 'sect5'], "
+            "'sections_truncated': '...and 1 more'})>"
         )
         self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
 
+
     def test_add_section_default(self):
         cf = self.newconfig()
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, cf.add_section, self.default_section)

From 433432b0a331ff99f70bca1e5b66e3c0957ae251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 01:39:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 12/31] Remove extra whitespaces

---
 Lib/configparser.py           | 2 --
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 1 -
 2 files changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index 3914f584449b44..d14ded90bb2346 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -753,7 +753,6 @@ def read(self, filenames, encoding=None):
             if isinstance(filename, os.PathLike):
                 filename = os.fspath(filename)
             read_ok.append(filename)
-
         return read_ok
 
     def read_file(self, f, source=None):
@@ -810,7 +809,6 @@ def read_dict(self, dictionary, source='<dict>'):
                 self.set(section, key, value)
         self._loaded_sources.append(source)
 
-
     def get(self, section, option, *, raw=False, vars=None, fallback=_UNSET):
         """Get an option value for a given section.
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 2b5c4b2408bd43..88e92f1ae479b3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1011,7 +1011,6 @@ def test_str_and_repr(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
 
-
     def test_add_section_default(self):
         cf = self.newconfig()
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, cf.add_section, self.default_section)

From acd31aea699afaeac5c8f84e1e896126b31d7437 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:10:51 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 13/31] Change str response

---
 Lib/configparser.py           | 2 +-
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index d14ded90bb2346..45ffbf03da3cc7 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ def __str__(self):
             section: {key: value for key, value in self.items(section, raw=True)}
             for section in self.sections()
         }
-        return str(config_dict)
+        return f"<ConfigParser: {config_dict}>"
 
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 88e92f1ae479b3..2fa01357a39546 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -988,16 +988,18 @@ def test_str_and_repr(self):
         cf.add_section("sect3")
         cf.add_section("sect4")
         cf.add_section("sect5")
-        cf.add_section("sect6")  # Added more than 5 sections to trigger truncation
+        cf.add_section("sect6")
         cf.set("sect1", "option1", "foo")
         cf.set("sect2", "option2", "bar")
 
+
         expected_str = (
-            "{'sect1': {'option1': 'foo'}, 'sect2': {'option2': 'bar'}, 'sect3': {}, "
-            "'sect4': {}, 'sect5': {}, 'sect6': {}}"
+            "<ConfigParser: {'sect1': {'option1': 'foo'}, 'sect2': {'option2': 'bar'}, "
+            "'sect3': {}, 'sect4': {}, 'sect5': {}, 'sect6': {}}>"
         )
         self.assertEqual(str(cf), expected_str)
 
+
         dict_type = type(cf._dict).__name__
 
         expected_repr = (

From 79e4892a48a7cfea4295f778e71273a3feea1658 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:26:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 14/31] Add my name Misc/ACKS

---
 Misc/ACKS | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 08cd293eac3835..197a346389e0c1 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ Mehdi Drissi
 Derk Drukker
 John DuBois
 Paul Dubois
+Prince Roshan
 Jacques Ducasse
 Andrei Dorian Duma
 Graham Dumpleton

From 913c2a45d668bc7f9f03773a0c4984e589cf37c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:27:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 15/31] Fix alphabetical order in Misc/ACKS

---
 Misc/ACKS | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 197a346389e0c1..1e980822804069 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -476,7 +476,6 @@ Mehdi Drissi
 Derk Drukker
 John DuBois
 Paul Dubois
-Prince Roshan
 Jacques Ducasse
 Andrei Dorian Duma
 Graham Dumpleton
@@ -1584,6 +1583,7 @@ Erik Rose
 Mark Roseman
 Josh Rosenberg
 Jim Roskind
+Prince Roshan
 Brian Rosner
 Ignacio Rossi
 Guido van Rossum

From e60ffe4f2ce5ec8f6c0ab176a37f2724eabff10f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:42:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 16/31] gh-127011: Add __str__ and __repr__ to ConfigParser

---
 Lib/configparser.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index 239fda60a02ca0..a3814ce965aee3 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -1048,6 +1048,14 @@ def __iter__(self):
         # XXX does it break when underlying container state changed?
         return itertools.chain((self.default_section,), self._sections.keys())
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        config_dict = {section: dict(self.items(section)) for section in self.sections()}
+        return str(config_dict)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<ConfigParser(default_section='{self.default_section}', interpolation={self._interpolation})>"
+
+
     def _read(self, fp, fpname):
         """Parse a sectioned configuration file.
 

From 0ed179aba68c9003e7bb6c3817a54623e3ec4cc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:52:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 17/31] Add test

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 23904d17d326d8..86e5ea61173f95 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1080,6 +1080,7 @@ class RawConfigParserTestCase(BasicTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
     config_class = configparser.RawConfigParser
 
     def test_interpolation(self):
+        
         cf = self.get_interpolation_config()
         eq = self.assertEqual
         eq(cf.get("Foo", "bar"),
@@ -1126,6 +1127,34 @@ def test_defaults_keyword(self):
         cf = self.newconfig(defaults={"A": 5.2})
         self.assertAlmostEqual(cf[self.default_section]['a'], 5.2)
 
+def test_repr_and_str_representation(self):
+    """Test repr and str representation of RawConfigParser."""
+    config_string = """\
+[Section1]
+key1 = value1
+key2 = value2
+
+[Section2]
+keyA = valueA
+keyB = valueB
+"""
+    cf = self.newconfig()
+    cf.read_string(config_string)  # Use a left-aligned string to avoid ParsingError
+    cf.optionxform = str  # Preserve key casing
+
+    # Test `repr` representation
+    expected_repr = (
+        "ConfigParser(default_section='DEFAULT', "
+        "interpolation=None)"
+    )
+    self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
+
+    # Test `str` representation
+    expected_str = (
+        "{'Section1': {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}, "
+        "'Section2': {'keyA': 'valueA', 'keyB': 'valueB'}}"
+    )
+    self.assertEqual(str(cf), expected_str)
 
 class RawConfigParserTestCaseNonStandardDelimiters(RawConfigParserTestCase):
     delimiters = (':=', '$')

From 726b152c147c2c0c8a5372dcfc1aef9e5611163e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:54:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 18/31] Remove unnecessary comments

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 86e5ea61173f95..623222a4242a70 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1139,17 +1139,14 @@ def test_repr_and_str_representation(self):
 keyB = valueB
 """
     cf = self.newconfig()
-    cf.read_string(config_string)  # Use a left-aligned string to avoid ParsingError
-    cf.optionxform = str  # Preserve key casing
+    cf.read_string(config_string)  
+    cf.optionxform = str 
 
-    # Test `repr` representation
     expected_repr = (
         "ConfigParser(default_section='DEFAULT', "
         "interpolation=None)"
     )
     self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
-
-    # Test `str` representation
     expected_str = (
         "{'Section1': {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}, "
         "'Section2': {'keyA': 'valueA', 'keyB': 'valueB'}}"

From 70fb9a5abd0ef06071b808e663dea8cf9290013f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:22:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 19/31] Fix whitespaces

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 623222a4242a70..ff523bb7d0b5cc 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ class RawConfigParserTestCase(BasicTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
     config_class = configparser.RawConfigParser
 
     def test_interpolation(self):
-        
+
         cf = self.get_interpolation_config()
         eq = self.assertEqual
         eq(cf.get("Foo", "bar"),
@@ -1139,8 +1139,8 @@ def test_repr_and_str_representation(self):
 keyB = valueB
 """
     cf = self.newconfig()
-    cf.read_string(config_string)  
-    cf.optionxform = str 
+    cf.read_string(config_string)
+    cf.optionxform = str
 
     expected_repr = (
         "ConfigParser(default_section='DEFAULT', "

From 38809c963b52be2325f5f29264a6662bc7fb932e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:13:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 20/31] Revert unittest

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 26 --------------------------
 1 file changed, 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index ff523bb7d0b5cc..01083834f2ac65 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1127,32 +1127,6 @@ def test_defaults_keyword(self):
         cf = self.newconfig(defaults={"A": 5.2})
         self.assertAlmostEqual(cf[self.default_section]['a'], 5.2)
 
-def test_repr_and_str_representation(self):
-    """Test repr and str representation of RawConfigParser."""
-    config_string = """\
-[Section1]
-key1 = value1
-key2 = value2
-
-[Section2]
-keyA = valueA
-keyB = valueB
-"""
-    cf = self.newconfig()
-    cf.read_string(config_string)
-    cf.optionxform = str
-
-    expected_repr = (
-        "ConfigParser(default_section='DEFAULT', "
-        "interpolation=None)"
-    )
-    self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
-    expected_str = (
-        "{'Section1': {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}, "
-        "'Section2': {'keyA': 'valueA', 'keyB': 'valueB'}}"
-    )
-    self.assertEqual(str(cf), expected_str)
-
 class RawConfigParserTestCaseNonStandardDelimiters(RawConfigParserTestCase):
     delimiters = (':=', '$')
     comment_prefixes = ('//', '"')

From 081c34097d40a60aedef2dff12791b8d54d96b94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:20:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 21/31] Remove unnecessary changes

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 01083834f2ac65..23904d17d326d8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1080,7 +1080,6 @@ class RawConfigParserTestCase(BasicTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
     config_class = configparser.RawConfigParser
 
     def test_interpolation(self):
-
         cf = self.get_interpolation_config()
         eq = self.assertEqual
         eq(cf.get("Foo", "bar"),
@@ -1127,6 +1126,7 @@ def test_defaults_keyword(self):
         cf = self.newconfig(defaults={"A": 5.2})
         self.assertAlmostEqual(cf[self.default_section]['a'], 5.2)
 
+
 class RawConfigParserTestCaseNonStandardDelimiters(RawConfigParserTestCase):
     delimiters = (':=', '$')
     comment_prefixes = ('//', '"')

From 50838d54bcf9bfcf0c3b2ac323c551386ffa0c61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:56:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 22/31] change approach for repr

---
 Lib/configparser.py | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index a3814ce965aee3..543d11029dee3e 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ def __init__(self, defaults=None, dict_type=_default_dict,
         if defaults:
             self._read_defaults(defaults)
         self._allow_unnamed_section = allow_unnamed_section
+        self._loaded_files = []
 
     def defaults(self):
         return self._defaults
@@ -757,6 +758,7 @@ def read(self, filenames, encoding=None):
             if isinstance(filename, os.PathLike):
                 filename = os.fspath(filename)
             read_ok.append(filename)
+        self._loaded_files.extend(read_ok)
         return read_ok
 
     def read_file(self, f, source=None):
@@ -1049,12 +1051,31 @@ def __iter__(self):
         return itertools.chain((self.default_section,), self._sections.keys())
 
     def __str__(self):
-        config_dict = {section: dict(self.items(section)) for section in self.sections()}
+        config_dict = {
+            section: dict(self.items(section)) for section in self.sections()
+        }
         return str(config_dict)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f"<ConfigParser(default_section='{self.default_section}', interpolation={self._interpolation})>"
-
+        init_params = {
+            "defaults": self._defaults if self._defaults else None,
+            "dict_type": type(self._dict).__name__,
+            "allow_no_value": self._allow_no_value,
+            "delimiters": self._delimiters,
+            "strict": self._strict,
+            "default_section": self.default_section,
+            "interpolation": type(self._interpolation).__name__,
+        }
+        init_params = {k: v for k, v in init_params.items() if v is not None}
+
+        state_summary = {
+            "loaded_files": self._loaded_files if hasattr(self, '_loaded_files') else "(no files loaded)",
+            "sections": len(self._sections),
+        }
+
+        return (f"<{self.__class__.__name__}("
+                f"params={init_params}, "
+                f"state={state_summary})>")
 
     def _read(self, fp, fpname):
         """Parse a sectioned configuration file.

From 2560eb9fa668ccdbbe6aac91b99b9d8fb3796623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "blurb-it[bot]" <43283697+blurb-it[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 13:34:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 23/31] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=93=9C=F0=9F=A4=96=20Added=20by=20b?=
 =?UTF-8?q?lurb=5Fit.?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

---
 .../next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst  | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e2199743350007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The __str__ and __repr__ methods have been added to the :class:configparser.RawConfigParser

From cb53ff239435565beec7cd7add02aedad4ea34e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:12:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 24/31] Add test and fix parsing error of news

---
 Lib/configparser.py                           |  4 ++-
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py                 | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
 ...-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index 543d11029dee3e..bd631456188c0f 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -1052,10 +1052,12 @@ def __iter__(self):
 
     def __str__(self):
         config_dict = {
-            section: dict(self.items(section)) for section in self.sections()
+            section: {key: value for key, value in self.items(section, raw=True)}
+            for section in self.sections()
         }
         return str(config_dict)
 
+
     def __repr__(self):
         init_params = {
             "defaults": self._defaults if self._defaults else None,
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 23904d17d326d8..d8a06522a418f8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -980,6 +980,28 @@ def test_set_nonstring_types(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cf.set, "sect", 123, "invalid opt name!")
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cf.add_section, 123)
 
+    def test_str_and_repr(self):
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        cf = self.config_class(allow_no_value=True, delimiters=('=',), strict=True)
+
+        cf.add_section("sect")
+        cf.set("sect", "option1", "foo")
+        cf.set("sect", "option2", "bar")
+
+        expected_str = "{'sect': {'option1': 'foo', 'option2': 'bar'}}"
+        self.assertEqual(str(cf), expected_str)
+
+        dict_type = type(cf._dict).__name__
+
+        expected_repr = (
+            f"<{cf.__class__.__name__}("
+            f"params={{'dict_type': '{dict_type}', 'allow_no_value': True, "
+            "'delimiters': ('=',), 'strict': True, 'default_section': 'DEFAULT', "
+            "'interpolation': 'BasicInterpolation'}, "
+            "state={'loaded_files': [], 'sections': 1})>"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
+
     def test_add_section_default(self):
         cf = self.newconfig()
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, cf.add_section, self.default_section)
@@ -1153,6 +1175,8 @@ def test_reading(self):
         self.assertEqual(cf.get("global", "hosts allow"), "127.")
         self.assertEqual(cf.get("tmp", "echo command"), "cat %s; rm %s")
 
+        
+
 class ConfigParserTestCaseExtendedInterpolation(BasicTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
     config_class = configparser.ConfigParser
     interpolation = configparser.ExtendedInterpolation()
@@ -1300,6 +1324,8 @@ def test_case_sensitivity_conflicts(self):
         eq(cf['random']['foo'], 'value redefined')
         eq(cf['random']['Foo'], 'A Better Value Redefined')
 
+    
+
     def test_other_errors(self):
         cf = self.fromstring("""
             [interpolation fail]
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst
index e2199743350007..78d3e7ec7742b9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-13-34-55.gh-issue-127011.dT88uF.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-The __str__ and __repr__ methods have been added to the :class:configparser.RawConfigParser
+The ``__str__`` and ``__repr__`` methods have been added to the :class:`configparser.RawConfigParser`

From 155b8ef511f8b63a1a9801cc8aa8e2e11179c7f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:18:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 25/31] Remove extra whitespace

---
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index d8a06522a418f8..365de503e2e9de 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1175,8 +1175,6 @@ def test_reading(self):
         self.assertEqual(cf.get("global", "hosts allow"), "127.")
         self.assertEqual(cf.get("tmp", "echo command"), "cat %s; rm %s")
 
-        
-
 class ConfigParserTestCaseExtendedInterpolation(BasicTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
     config_class = configparser.ConfigParser
     interpolation = configparser.ExtendedInterpolation()
@@ -1324,8 +1322,6 @@ def test_case_sensitivity_conflicts(self):
         eq(cf['random']['foo'], 'value redefined')
         eq(cf['random']['Foo'], 'A Better Value Redefined')
 
-    
-
     def test_other_errors(self):
         cf = self.fromstring("""
             [interpolation fail]

From 1a03c72901bc9a0ab39948c96ee5ee97954ee3a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 01:37:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 26/31] Track all config source for repr

---
 Lib/configparser.py           | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index bd631456188c0f..42fd51b47695a5 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ def __init__(self, defaults=None, dict_type=_default_dict,
         if defaults:
             self._read_defaults(defaults)
         self._allow_unnamed_section = allow_unnamed_section
-        self._loaded_files = []
+
 
     def defaults(self):
         return self._defaults
@@ -753,12 +753,13 @@ def read(self, filenames, encoding=None):
             try:
                 with open(filename, encoding=encoding) as fp:
                     self._read(fp, filename)
+                    self._loaded_sources.append(filename)
             except OSError:
                 continue
             if isinstance(filename, os.PathLike):
                 filename = os.fspath(filename)
             read_ok.append(filename)
-        self._loaded_files.extend(read_ok)
+
         return read_ok
 
     def read_file(self, f, source=None):
@@ -775,11 +776,13 @@ def read_file(self, f, source=None):
             except AttributeError:
                 source = '<???>'
         self._read(f, source)
+        self._loaded_sources.append(source)
 
     def read_string(self, string, source='<string>'):
         """Read configuration from a given string."""
         sfile = io.StringIO(string)
         self.read_file(sfile, source)
+        self._loaded_sources.append(source)
 
     def read_dict(self, dictionary, source='<dict>'):
         """Read configuration from a dictionary.
@@ -811,6 +814,8 @@ def read_dict(self, dictionary, source='<dict>'):
                     raise DuplicateOptionError(section, key, source)
                 elements_added.add((section, key))
                 self.set(section, key, value)
+        self._loaded_sources.append(source)
+
 
     def get(self, section, option, *, raw=False, vars=None, fallback=_UNSET):
         """Get an option value for a given section.
@@ -1069,12 +1074,15 @@ def __repr__(self):
             "interpolation": type(self._interpolation).__name__,
         }
         init_params = {k: v for k, v in init_params.items() if v is not None}
-
         state_summary = {
-            "loaded_files": self._loaded_files if hasattr(self, '_loaded_files') else "(no files loaded)",
-            "sections": len(self._sections),
+            "loaded_sources": self._loaded_sources,
+            "sections_count": len(self._sections),
+            "sections": list(self._sections.keys())[:5],  # Limit to 5 section names for readability
         }
 
+        if len(self._sections) > 5:
+            state_summary["sections_truncated"] = f"...and {len(self._sections) - 5} more"
+
         return (f"<{self.__class__.__name__}("
                 f"params={init_params}, "
                 f"state={state_summary})>")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index 365de503e2e9de..e81a0ba0685983 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -983,12 +983,19 @@ def test_set_nonstring_types(self):
     def test_str_and_repr(self):
         self.maxDiff = None
         cf = self.config_class(allow_no_value=True, delimiters=('=',), strict=True)
-
-        cf.add_section("sect")
-        cf.set("sect", "option1", "foo")
-        cf.set("sect", "option2", "bar")
-
-        expected_str = "{'sect': {'option1': 'foo', 'option2': 'bar'}}"
+        cf.add_section("sect1")
+        cf.add_section("sect2")
+        cf.add_section("sect3")
+        cf.add_section("sect4")
+        cf.add_section("sect5")
+        cf.add_section("sect6")  # Added more than 5 sections to trigger truncation
+        cf.set("sect1", "option1", "foo")
+        cf.set("sect2", "option2", "bar")
+
+        expected_str = (
+            "{'sect1': {'option1': 'foo'}, 'sect2': {'option2': 'bar'}, 'sect3': {}, "
+            "'sect4': {}, 'sect5': {}, 'sect6': {}}"
+        )
         self.assertEqual(str(cf), expected_str)
 
         dict_type = type(cf._dict).__name__
@@ -998,10 +1005,13 @@ def test_str_and_repr(self):
             f"params={{'dict_type': '{dict_type}', 'allow_no_value': True, "
             "'delimiters': ('=',), 'strict': True, 'default_section': 'DEFAULT', "
             "'interpolation': 'BasicInterpolation'}, "
-            "state={'loaded_files': [], 'sections': 1})>"
+            "state={'loaded_sources': [], 'sections_count': 6, "
+            "'sections': ['sect1', 'sect2', 'sect3', 'sect4', 'sect5'], "
+            "'sections_truncated': '...and 1 more'})>"
         )
         self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
 
+
     def test_add_section_default(self):
         cf = self.newconfig()
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, cf.add_section, self.default_section)

From acfa96984ee88a380937983c047b474c02770276 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 01:39:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 27/31] Remove extra whitespaces

---
 Lib/configparser.py           | 2 --
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 1 -
 2 files changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index 42fd51b47695a5..7082373a218a04 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -759,7 +759,6 @@ def read(self, filenames, encoding=None):
             if isinstance(filename, os.PathLike):
                 filename = os.fspath(filename)
             read_ok.append(filename)
-
         return read_ok
 
     def read_file(self, f, source=None):
@@ -816,7 +815,6 @@ def read_dict(self, dictionary, source='<dict>'):
                 self.set(section, key, value)
         self._loaded_sources.append(source)
 
-
     def get(self, section, option, *, raw=False, vars=None, fallback=_UNSET):
         """Get an option value for a given section.
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index e81a0ba0685983..e0fcccd97a2582 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -1011,7 +1011,6 @@ def test_str_and_repr(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(repr(cf), expected_repr)
 
-
     def test_add_section_default(self):
         cf = self.newconfig()
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, cf.add_section, self.default_section)

From 8415943a960bafd4a7bf74c079470b0d767063c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:10:51 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 28/31] Change str response

---
 Lib/configparser.py           | 2 +-
 Lib/test/test_configparser.py | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index 7082373a218a04..21a9e4e8ed4ac4 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ def __str__(self):
             section: {key: value for key, value in self.items(section, raw=True)}
             for section in self.sections()
         }
-        return str(config_dict)
+        return f"<ConfigParser: {config_dict}>"
 
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
index e0fcccd97a2582..40863d3e0f2c4f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py
@@ -988,16 +988,18 @@ def test_str_and_repr(self):
         cf.add_section("sect3")
         cf.add_section("sect4")
         cf.add_section("sect5")
-        cf.add_section("sect6")  # Added more than 5 sections to trigger truncation
+        cf.add_section("sect6")
         cf.set("sect1", "option1", "foo")
         cf.set("sect2", "option2", "bar")
 
+
         expected_str = (
-            "{'sect1': {'option1': 'foo'}, 'sect2': {'option2': 'bar'}, 'sect3': {}, "
-            "'sect4': {}, 'sect5': {}, 'sect6': {}}"
+            "<ConfigParser: {'sect1': {'option1': 'foo'}, 'sect2': {'option2': 'bar'}, "
+            "'sect3': {}, 'sect4': {}, 'sect5': {}, 'sect6': {}}>"
         )
         self.assertEqual(str(cf), expected_str)
 
+
         dict_type = type(cf._dict).__name__
 
         expected_repr = (

From ee219a6920f839df75e258c2380d6d622163a7da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:26:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 29/31] Add my name Misc/ACKS

---
 Misc/ACKS | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 42068ec6aefbd2..e299252e944e57 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ Mehdi Drissi
 Derk Drukker
 John DuBois
 Paul Dubois
+Prince Roshan
 Jacques Ducasse
 Andrei Dorian Duma
 Graham Dumpleton

From 63d58e0516454945f337509a5eb6044ed1579d0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:27:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 30/31] Fix alphabetical order in Misc/ACKS

---
 Misc/ACKS | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index e299252e944e57..61ddc9fcce5836 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -480,7 +480,6 @@ Mehdi Drissi
 Derk Drukker
 John DuBois
 Paul Dubois
-Prince Roshan
 Jacques Ducasse
 Andrei Dorian Duma
 Graham Dumpleton
@@ -1600,6 +1599,7 @@ Erik Rose
 Mark Roseman
 Josh Rosenberg
 Jim Roskind
+Prince Roshan
 Brian Rosner
 Ignacio Rossi
 Guido van Rossum

From 6427a0dc462dbda234ddc27f225c547d93008726 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Roshan <princekrroshan01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:12:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 31/31] fix test

---
 Lib/configparser.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Lib/configparser.py b/Lib/configparser.py
index 21a9e4e8ed4ac4..c738de2f385b5d 100644
--- a/Lib/configparser.py
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ def __init__(self, defaults=None, dict_type=_default_dict,
                 self._optcre = re.compile(self._OPT_TMPL.format(delim=d),
                                           re.VERBOSE)
         self._comments = _CommentSpec(comment_prefixes or (), inline_comment_prefixes or ())
+        self._loaded_sources = []
         self._strict = strict
         self._allow_no_value = allow_no_value
         self._empty_lines_in_values = empty_lines_in_values