"Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> since you know the name of the config file you're looking for, you can
> simplify (and unweirdify) your code a bit by changing your config file to
> look like this:
>
> # File: config.py
>
> #
> # configuration defaults
>
> some_param = "value"
> some_other_param = 1
>
> #
> # get user overrides
>
> import os
> try:
> execfile(os.path.expanduser("~/.program/config.py"))
> except IOError:
> pass # ignore missing config file, but not syntax errors
>
> # end of file
>
> with this in place, you just have to do
>
> import config
>
> in any application module than needs to access the configuration
> data.
nice, that looks to be just what I was looking for. thanks.
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