On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:31:03AM -0500, Darren Dale wrote:
> It is possible to save the current settings to a file, so only those that
> deviate from the default are written to the file. By putting the comments on
> the same line as the data, you encourage users to comment their config files
> accordingly, but comments appearing on the same line as the data will be
> deleted if the current settings are saved. Also, what happens when the
> comment is many lines long, like the comment for matplotlib's timezone
> setting? I have a feeling there are formatting issues with this scheme.
> I think I prefer the existing behavior, where the comment appears on a
> seperate line just before the data. Maybe I don't understand the point of
> your modifications.
If I type "options <Rtn>", I don't understand what kind of object I have.
It looks like a string to me, and it is not obvious that it actually is
an object that I can modify by accessing its attributes. Currently if I
don't know what the object is, it is not obvious what to do with it.
I don't like the current way it is print (in the repository), because it
is too long, and looks too much like a string. I am not sure my option is
great because of your remark, and because it still looks a lot like a
string.
Second try, how to you like this:
In [1]: import simpleconf
In [2]: simpleconf.SimpleConfig()
Out[2]:
<SimpleConfig configuration object at 138452492>
|-> datafile: 'data.txt' (a value of type 'str' or a value of type 'unicode')
|-> solver: 'Direct' ('Direct' or 'Iterative')
|-> Protocol.max_users: 1 (a value of type 'int')
|-> Protocol.ptype: 'http' ('http' or 'ftp' or 'ssh')
This feels a bit more like a Python object. I am still not terribly happy
with the way the options are presented. It is not obvious they are simply
attributes.
Gaël
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