Hi,
I am looking for a way to save ini file with application section/option
combination. Something like the following:
[Default]
ROOT_DIR= /home/...
RUN = True
COUNTER = 5
LAST_VALUE = 5.6
TEST_FILES_LIST=['a.txt', 'b.txt', 'c.txt']
TEST_FILES_DICT={'CASE1' : ['a.txt', 'b.txt'], 'CASE2': ['c.txt']}
[Dates]
CREATE_DATE="2018-01-01"
[DateTimes]
LAST_MODIFIED_DATE="2018-01-01 14:23:45"
For that purpose I decided to use json as a quite readable fomat that can be
edited with external text editor.
So I have created dict with all options hoping that I will be able to save it
with json.dumps and read it with json.loads, but I have run to several problems:
1. saving json will result in unordered ini file. It could be solved by using
OrderedDict that will than with json.dumps be saved to file in the same order
as options are added to the ordered dict.
2. there is a problem with datatime values because json format serialize
everything to string. I have found the solution on page
https://gist.github.com/abhinav-upadhyay/5300137, but I dislike the idea that
datetime is represented as unordered dict. When you have to change datetime
manually in the ini file by using text editor, you first have to sort
year,month,day... in order to be sure that you are setting correct date.
3. reading with json.loads will get unordered dict again, so new save will be
unordered.
Maybe json/(un)OrderedDict is not a proper tool for what I am trying to do.
How you are saving your (nested) configuration to the ini file?
Regards.
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