ANN : ConfigObj 3.0.0 - Simple config file parsing

[Fuzzyman]

Wilk <wilkSPAM at OUTflibuste.net> wrote in message news:<87vfijyxm1.fsf at blakie.riol>...
> michael at foord.net (Fuzzyman) writes:
> 
> > There have been a couple of config file 'systems' announced recently,
> > that focus on building more powerful and complex configuration files.
> > ConfigObj is a module to enable you to much more *simply* access
> > config files.
> 
> What do you thing about yaml for config file ? it's very pythonic with
> indentation :
> 
> import yaml
> print yaml.load("""
> rub1:
>     - one
>     - two
> rub2:
>     - three
>     - four
> """).next()
> 
> {'rub1': ['one', 'two'], 'rub2': ['three', 'four']}
> 
> it can also work on the other side :
> 
> print yaml.dump({'rub1': ['one', 'two'], 'rub2': ['three', 'four']})
> ---
> rub1:
>     - one
>     - two
> rub2:
>     - three
>     - four

I'm sure YAML is fine - I think ConfigObj is still probably 'simpler'.
A basic config file can be created with :
config = ConfigObj(filename)
config['keyword1] = value1
config['list keyword] = [value2, value3, value4]
.
.

config.write()

You can then read it back with :
config = ConfigObj(filename)

Lot's of extra options of course. The created config files look like
config files that most people will be used to creating :

"keyword1" = "value1"
"keyword2" = "value2"
.
.
.

Regards,


Fuzzy

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