Add write_string method to Configparser

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start with the ConfigParser implementation and the historical BPO issue 19991. Clarify the expected pretty-printed output and the public write_string API before locating the relevant tests; done means the behavior is specified, implemented, and covered by tests.

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Description

type-feature
BPO 19991
Nosy @bitdancer, @ambv, @iritkatriel

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2013-12-16.00:13:55.421>
labels = ['type-feature']
title = 'configparser instances cannot be pretty printed'
updated_at = <Date 2022-03-19.20:06:01.135>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/AndreiKucharavy'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2022-03-19.20:06:01.135>
actor = 'iritkatriel'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = []
creation = <Date 2013-12-16.00:13:55.421>
creator = 'Andrei.Kucharavy'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 19991
keywords = []
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['206267', '206270', '415566']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['r.david.murray', 'lukasz.langa', 'Andrei.Kucharavy', 'iritkatriel']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue19991'
versions = ['Python 3.5']

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