ConfigParser: writes a list but reads a string?

[Fuzzyman]

ConfigObj will read and write list values.

You get all sorts of other advantages as well (nested subsections to
any depth), and the resulting code will be much simpler.

from configobj import ConfigObj
cfgfile = "cfgtest.ini"

cfg = ConfigObj(cfgfile)
t1 = range(1,11)
# no *need* to create a subsection
cfg['test'] = {}
cfg['test']['testlist'] = t1
cfg.write()

To read it back in :

from configobj import ConfigObj
cfgfile = "cfgtest.ini"

cfg = ConfigObj(cfgfile)
print cfg['test']['testlist']

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All the best,

Fuzzyman
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