What I use in this situation is the INI config file parser in the standard lib. It's easy to use
##CONFIG FILE#### [paths] images=/home/user/Images ##CODE### import ConfigParser config=ConfigParser.ConfigParser() config.readfp(open(conf,'r')) print config http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Daniele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > I've recently developed a basic python program which needs to store > some data in a file (e.g. a directory path). > What the program needs is a dictionary containing the data, so I used > the pickle module to store the dictionary in a file and read it back > when the program is launched. > I wanted to know which is the common pattern in python programming in > this case, because the way I've choosen only lets the user configure > the data via a GUI (the file is somehow "compiled"). Is it better to > store the data in a text file and then parse it and construct a > dictionary? Or is there e third way? > > Thanks, Daniele > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
