[Python-Dev] Extension to ConfigParser (original) (raw)

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Mon Jan 30 22:17:28 CET 2006 

Guido> What's so bad about ConfigParser?

My guess is that people find its limited nesting, well, limiting. Python containers being the arbitrary nesting little devils that they are, I can understand the desire to push the envelope.

It's my opinion that ConfigParser should stay pretty much as it is other than perhaps adding round trip capability. It is pretty good at reading and writing Windows INI files, which was what it was designed to do. My guess is there are a fair number of people who wouldn't want to lose that. Mixing INI file handling with something more powerful seems doomed. If we want more sophisticated functionality a new module should be written, or one of the existing shootout candidates on the Wiki should be chosen and perhaps enhanced. I have a horse in that race (actually, it's more like a pony).

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