OO Windows Registry API

[Chris Gonnerman]

Yes, please post it!  It sounds most useful.

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Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 10:49 AM
Subject: OO Windows Registry API


>
> After using the _winreg module I was pining for the fjords -- oh, sorry --
I was pining for a more Pythonesc API.  I noticed that the Python
documentation mentions that a better API may be written in the future, but
none has been forthcoming.  So -- while up at 2AM with my 6-week-old son
last night -- I wrote a wrapper that exposes the registry as a
dictionary-like object.  It seems to work really well, and more importantly
it feels more like a Python module should.
>
> I decided to search Python-Dev for mentions of a higher-level API and
found a squabble over various proposals.  Did the idea of an OO interface
die last August, or is there any interest in what I've done?
>
> (Untested) Example code:
>
> from winreg import Registry, NewKey, HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> reg = Registry()
>
> # Create a new "My App" key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software.
> reg[HKEY_CURRENT_USER]['Software']['My App'] = NewKey()
>
> # Add some values to the newly created key.
> # Note: the module only supports strings right now, but that's
> #  easy to change.
> reg[HKEY_CURRENT_USER]['Software']['My App']['foo'] = 'value 1'
> reg[HKEY_CURRENT_USER]['Software']['My App']['bar'] = 'value 2'
>
> # Create a new subkey.
> reg[HKEY_CURRENT_USER]['Software']['My App']['subkey'] = NewKey()
>
> # Delete a value.
> del reg[HKEY_CURRENT_USER]['Software']['My App']['foo']
>
> # Delete a key.
> del reg[HKEY_CURRENT_USER]['Software']['My App']
>
>
> Any comments or suggestions?  If anyone is interested in the code, I'll
post it on the web.
>
> --
> Benji York
> york at ficom.net
>
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