Re: [Configobj-develop] interpolation supported in the specification file ?

[<Jim...@no...>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Fuzzyman <fuz...@vo...>
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 2:29 am
Subject: Re: [Configobj-develop] interpolation supported in the
specification file ?

> Jim Vickroy wrote:
> 
> > Is interpolation supported in default specifications or is this a
> > total abuse of the package?  If interpolations are supported, 
> then I
> > do not understand how to make them work in the specification 
> file. 
> > Here is the output from the attached script:
> >
> Interpolation is working - there is a bug in your logic :-D
> 
> Your string containing the interpolation value is :
> 
>    string(default="fuzzy-%(man)s")
> 
> You have defined 'man' in your DEFAULT section to be :
> 
>    string(default="man")
> 
> So ConfigObj replaces ``%(man)s`` with ``string(default="man")``. The
> result is :
> 
>       fuzzy-string(default="man")
> 
> Try replacing the line in your DEFAULT section with :
> 
>    man = wuzzy
> 
> That should do something a bit more expected. :-)

OK, thanks for the correction.

> 
> *However* - that will then raise an error because the default section
> doesn't contain a valid check.
> 
> Your code will still print "validation succeeded" - because check 
> is now
> a dictionary, which doesn't evaluate to False.
> 
>    if check:
>       print '*** validation succeeded ***'
> 
> Should be changed to :
> 
>    if check == True::
>       print '*** validation succeeded ***'

Thanks again.

> 
> The answer is for validation to *not* be done on the 'DEFAULT' 
> section.

Is it, therefore, correct to conclude that interpolations are best done
in a config file because, if present in a configspec file, they can not
be validated, but that this will change with the 4.1.0 release?

> I'm targeting all the discussed recent changes/bugfixes for a 4.1.0 
> release.
> All the best,
> 
> Fuzzyman
> 
> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml
> 
> > <output>
> > sys.platform:            win32
> > sys.version:             2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC
> > v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
> > sys.getwindowsversion(): (5, 1, 2600, 2, 'Service Pack 2')
> > sys.winver:              2.4
> >
> > configobj.__version__: 4.0.2
> > validate.__version__:  0.2.0
> >
> > *** validation succeeded ***
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "C:\Documents and Settings\jim.vickroy\My
> > Documents\Projects\_experimental_\pythonutils\configobj\test-
> reader.py",> line 55, in ?
> >    assert facts['interpolated string'] == 'fuzzy-man', 
> > facts['interpolated string']
> > AssertionError: fuzzy-string(default="man")
> > </output>
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -- jv
> 
> 
> 
> 
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