[Python-Dev] New miniconf module (original) (raw)

Sylvain Fourmanoit syfou at users.sourceforge.net
Fri Jul 28 21:24:19 CEST 2006

Armin Rigo wrote:

In the same spirit, maybe it could be slightly re-oriented towards a dumper/loader for more than config files; for example, it could provide a safe inverse of repr() for common built-in types

New version of miniconf (version 1.2.0) is out [1][2], including a unrepr() function; that's the only change this time.

Michael Foord wrote:

ConfigObj [3] gained an 'unrepr' mode a while back. The code is simple, and originally came from CherryPy.

Thanks for the link! I completely missed ConfigObj. It indeed shares a lot with my code. At the core, it use many of the same ideas and implementation techniques... In many ways, it is also a lot more advanced, specialized than miniconf: for instance, it introduce a new, specialized Config File format, while my effort aimed at keeping things minimal.

Armin Rigo wrote:

If it goes in that direction, I'd suggest to rename the module to give it a name closer to existing persistence-related modules already in the stdlib.

I am not especially fond of the current miniconf name either; I didn't find something more suitable, yet evocative of what it does; I would be glad to hear any suggestion you or the rest of the developers would have.

Yours,

-- Sylvain <syfou at users.sourceforge.net>

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[1]http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=miniconf&version=1.2.0 [2]http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1527597&group_id=5470&atid=355470 [3]http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html

P.-S. I am leaving the civilization (where I have some sort of network access) from July the 29th to August the 13th: I will be glad to address any comment, bug report or suggestion Python developers might want to discuss in the meantime as soon as I will be back.

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