diff --git a/Lib/ConfigParser.py b/Lib/ConfigParser.py index aac9b691923..e1ce9ddc7e9 100644 --- a/Lib/ConfigParser.py +++ b/Lib/ConfigParser.py @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class ConfigParser: if mo: optname, vi, optval = mo.group('option', 'vi', 'value') optname = string.lower(optname) - if vi == '=' and ';' in optval: + if vi in ('=', ':') and ';' in optval: # ';' is a comment delimiter only if it follows # a spacing character pos = string.find(optval, ';')