Index: Lib/logging/config.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/logging/config.py	(revision 66056)
+++ Lib/logging/config.py	(working copy)
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@
     if not len(flist):
         return {}
     flist = string.split(flist, ",")
+    flist = map(lambda x: string.strip(x), 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 +137,11 @@
     if not len(hlist):
         return {}
     hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+    hlist = map(lambda x: string.strip(x), 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 +194,9 @@
     hlist = cp.get(sectname, "handlers")
     if len(hlist):
         hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+        hlist = map(lambda x: string.strip(x), 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 +246,9 @@
         hlist = cp.get(sectname, "handlers")
         if len(hlist):
             hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+            hlist = map(lambda x: string.strip(x), 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
Index: Lib/test/test_logging.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/test_logging.py	(revision 66056)
+++ Lib/test/test_logging.py	(working copy)
@@ -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