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gh-71770: Add more details on behavior of configparser's default_section (#31562) 

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@ -935,8 +935,10 @@ ConfigParser Objects
When *default_section* is given, it specifies the name for the special
section holding default values for other sections and interpolation purposes
(normally named ``"DEFAULT"``). This value can be retrieved and changed on
runtime using the ``default_section`` instance attribute.
(normally named ``"DEFAULT"``). This value can be retrieved and changed at
runtime using the ``default_section`` instance attribute. This won't
re-evaluate an already parsed config file, but will be used when writing
parsed settings to a new config file.
Interpolation behaviour may be customized by providing a custom handler
through the *interpolation* argument. ``None`` can be used to turn off