Patches item #1371075, was opened at 2005-12-01 18:39 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by loewis You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1371075&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Library (Lib) Group: Python 2.4 >Status: Closed >Resolution: Accepted Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Micah Elliott (mdelliot) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: ConfigParser to accept a custom dict to allow ordering Initial Comment: In many cases it is preferrable for ConfigParser to maintain the order in which its items were added. This small change adds a `customdict` default argument to *ConfigParser's constructor to allow users to specify a custom dict. A useful example is:: from ConfigParser import ConfigParser ConfigParser(customdict=my_ordered_dict) One such `my_ordered_dict` could be the ordered dictionary "odict" <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/odict.html>. Ordered dictionaries have been a recent popular topic on comp.lang.python, and there are a few possibilities for implementation, so it seems best that ConfigParser just offer a default argument to support such customization. I can submit a documentation patch if this idea is accepted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Date: 2006-12-03 13:02 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=21627 Originator: NO Thanks for the patch; I committed it with some modifications (e.g. renaming of the parameter to dict_type). Committed as r52908. Please include patches to the documentation and the test suite in the future. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1371075&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Patches mailing list Patches@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/patches