[issue34908] netrc parsing is overly strict

Change by Ian Remmel : -- title: netrc parding is overly strict -> netrc parsing is overly strict ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue34908> ___ _

[issue34908] netrc parding is overly strict

Ian Remmel added the comment: Yea, somehow, I suspected it was because there's no formal spec :) I guess technically it's an enhancement, but given that configuration dictated by third-parties can break the environment, it does feel like a bug. For example, I can't use a python app

[issue34908] netrc parding is overly strict

New submission from Ian Remmel : This started as a bug report for httpie https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie/issues/717#issuecomment-426125261 And became a bug report for requests https://github.com/requests/requests/issues/4813 > But turned out to be an issue with Python's netrc par