[Python-Dev] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib ConfigParser.py,1.16,1.17 (original) (raw)

Greg Stein gstein@lyra.org
Sat, 4 Mar 2000 03:43:12 -0800 (PST)

On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Moshe Zadka wrote:

On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Greg Stein wrote: > Write a whole new module. ConfigParser is for files that look like the > above.

Gotcha. One problem: two configurations modules might cause the classic "which should I use?" confusion.

Nah. They wouldn't both be called ConfigParser. And besides, I see the XML format more as a persistence mechanism rather than a configuration mechanism. I'd call the module something like "XMLPersist".

> > I find the above style much easier for humans, than an XML file, to > specify options. XML is good for computers; not so good for humans. >

Of course: what human could delimit his text with and ?

Feh. As a communciation mechanism, dropping in that stuff... it's easy.

ButI wouldnotwant ... bleck.

I wouldn't want to use XML for configuration stuff. It just gets ugly.

Cheers, -g

-- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/