[Python-Dev] ConfigParser changes

Guido van Rossum guido@beopen.com
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:52:16 -0500


> I've seen a couple plus responses to my proposed ConfigParser
> enhancements, no minuses, and the thread has petered out.
> 
> If nobody hands me a -1, I'm going to merge them in in a day or so.
> Speak now...

Cool.

One possible suggestion (just for your contemplation): if you're only
adding methods, would it make sense to make a subclass, so that from
the class one uses it is clear whether one intends to modify the
options or just to read them?  That would enable future optimizations.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://dinsdale.python.org/~guido/)