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Old 07-05-2011
Python 3.1 TypeError explanation needed

Could someone explain why Python 3.1 errors out below? Do I need an additional module that's not required in 3.2 perhaps? I need to use 3.1 as it's the version available on a server I am using.

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Python 3.2.1rc1 (default, May 18 2011, 11:01:17) 
[GCC 4.6.1 20110507 (prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> import os
>>> import configparser
>>> config = configparser.ConfigParser()
>>> config.read('/tmp/mugsyback.ini')
['/tmp/mugsyback.ini']
>>> backup_sources = sorted(config.sections()[1:])
>>> for section in backup_sources:
...     item = config[section]
... 
>>> item
<Section: 2>
>>>

Code:
Python 3.1.3 (r313:86834, Nov 28 2010, 10:01:07) 
[GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> import os
>>> import configparser
>>> config = configparser.ConfigParser()
>>> config.read('/tmp/mugsyback.ini')
['/tmp/mugsyback.ini']
>>> backup_sources = sorted(config.sections()[1:])
>>> for section in backup_sources:
...     item = config[section]
... 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
TypeError: 'ConfigParser' object is not subscriptable

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