[Tony Meyer]
Allowing 'surgical' editing of configuration files, as has been
proposed many times both here and c.l.p would not require
ConfigParser to be entirely rewritten (just more extensive
modification of the write() method).
After writing the summary of this thread, I figured I might as
I think it's moot unless you also preserve comments. Ideally would be
something that prserved everything (ordering, blank lines, comments
etc.) from how it was read in. Modifying a value should keep its
position. Adding a value should add it to the end of the section it's
in (unless there are
I see two paths here:
- Rewrite ConfigParser entirely.
- Apply my patch.
Allowing 'surgical' editing of configuration files, as has been
proposed many times both here and c.l.p would not require
ConfigParser to be entirely rewritten (just more extensive
modification of the write()
2006/1/11, Tony Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Remember that there has been a lot of discussion about how
ConfigParser should work in the past; for example (ignoring c.l.p):
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-October/049454.html
[Guido]
I think it's moot unless you also preserve comments. Ideally would be
something that prserved everything (ordering, blank lines, comments
etc.) from how it was read in. Modifying a value should keep its
position. Adding a value should add it to the end of the section it's
in (unless
2006/1/7, Guido van Rossum [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I think it's moot unless you also preserve comments. Ideally would be
something that prserved everything (ordering, blank lines, comments
etc.) from how it was read in. Modifying a value should keep its
position. Adding a value should add it to
On Monday 09 January 2006 12:08, Facundo Batista wrote:
What I wanted to add to the module was predicatibility: a very needed
feature when you're writing test cases (and that's where I got bite).
In that case, would sorting the keys within each section be sufficient when
writing it back out?
2006/1/9, Fred L. Drake, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Monday 09 January 2006 12:08, Facundo Batista wrote:
What I wanted to add to the module was predicatibility: a very needed
feature when you're writing test cases (and that's where I got bite).
In that case, would sorting the keys within
I think it's moot unless you also preserve comments. Ideally would be
something that prserved everything (ordering, blank lines, comments
etc.) from how it was read in. Modifying a value should keep its
position. Adding a value should add it to the end of the section it's
in (unless there are
