--- a/Lib/logging/config.py	Wed Sep 03 05:57:48 2008 +0000
+++ b/Lib/logging/config.py	Wed Sep 03 09:20:05 2008 +0000
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 Should work under Python versions >= 1.5.2, except that source line
 information is not available unless 'sys._getframe()' is.
 
-Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
 
 To use, simply 'import logging' and log away!
 """
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
             found = getattr(found, n)
     return found
 
+def _strip_spaces(alist):
+    return map(lambda x: string.strip(x), alist)
 
 def _create_formatters(cp):
     """Create and return formatters"""
@@ -108,9 +110,10 @@
     if not len(flist):
         return {}
     flist = string.split(flist, ",")
+    flist = _strip_spaces(flist)
     formatters = {}
     for form in flist:
-        sectname = "formatter_%s" % string.strip(form)
+        sectname = "formatter_%s" % form
         opts = cp.options(sectname)
         if "format" in opts:
             fs = cp.get(sectname, "format", 1)
@@ -136,10 +139,11 @@
     if not len(hlist):
         return {}
     hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+    hlist = _strip_spaces(hlist)
     handlers = {}
     fixups = [] #for inter-handler references
     for hand in hlist:
-        sectname = "handler_%s" % string.strip(hand)
+        sectname = "handler_%s" % hand
         klass = cp.get(sectname, "class")
         opts = cp.options(sectname)
         if "formatter" in opts:
@@ -192,8 +196,9 @@
     hlist = cp.get(sectname, "handlers")
     if len(hlist):
         hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+        hlist = _strip_spaces(hlist)
         for hand in hlist:
-            log.addHandler(handlers[string.strip(hand)])
+            log.addHandler(handlers[hand])
 
     #and now the others...
     #we don't want to lose the existing loggers,
@@ -243,8 +248,9 @@
         hlist = cp.get(sectname, "handlers")
         if len(hlist):
             hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+            hlist = _strip_spaces(hlist)
             for hand in hlist:
-                logger.addHandler(handlers[string.strip(hand)])
+                logger.addHandler(handlers[hand])
 
     #Disable any old loggers. There's no point deleting
     #them as other threads may continue to hold references

--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py	Wed Sep 03 05:57:48 2008 +0000
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py	Wed Sep 03 09:20:05 2008 +0000
@@ -587,6 +587,48 @@
     # config5 specifies a custom handler class to be loaded
     config5 = config1.replace('class=StreamHandler', 'class=logging.StreamHandler')
 
+    # config6 uses ', ' delimiters in the handlers and formatters sections
+    config6 = """
+    [loggers]
+    keys=root,parser
+
+    [handlers]
+    keys=hand1, hand2
+
+    [formatters]
+    keys=form1, form2
+
+    [logger_root]
+    level=WARNING
+    handlers=
+
+    [logger_parser]
+    level=DEBUG
+    handlers=hand1
+    propagate=1
+    qualname=compiler.parser
+
+    [handler_hand1]
+    class=StreamHandler
+    level=NOTSET
+    formatter=form1
+    args=(sys.stdout,)
+
+    [handler_hand2]
+    class=FileHandler
+    level=NOTSET
+    formatter=form1
+    args=('test.blah', 'a')
+
+    [formatter_form1]
+    format=%(levelname)s ++ %(message)s
+    datefmt=
+
+    [formatter_form2]
+    format=%(message)s
+    datefmt=
+    """
+
     def apply_config(self, conf):
         try:
             fn = tempfile.mktemp(".ini")
@@ -653,6 +695,9 @@
     def test_config5_ok(self):
         self.test_config1_ok(config=self.config5)
 
+    def test_config6_ok(self):
+        self.test_config1_ok(config=self.config6)
+
 class LogRecordStreamHandler(StreamRequestHandler):
 
     """Handler for a streaming logging request. It saves the log message in the

--- a/Misc/NEWS	Wed Sep 03 05:57:48 2008 +0000
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Wed Sep 03 09:20:05 2008 +0000
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #3726: Allowed spaces in separators in logging configuration files.
+
 - Issue #3719: platform.architecture() fails if there are spaces in the
   path to the Python binary.