[Configobj-develop] ConfigObj unicode Support in SVN

[Michael F. <fuz...@vo...>]

Hello all,

The update to ConfigObj is now in subversion. In 
https://svn.rest2web.python-hosting.com/branches/configobj4/pythonutils/

This contains the new methods :

    * as_bool
    * as_int
    * as_float

istrue is now deprecated with a warning.

It also contains the new unicode support. This was easy enough to 
implement, and works on my tests with a UTF16 config file.

I would really appreciate it if you could check this out and try and 
break it. Unicode is notoriously fiddly to get right !

There is still a question about automatic support for UTF8 files with a 
BOM. The new position is that UTF8 files with a BOM will be 
automatically decoded to unicode.

I have also proposed a *better* way of handling the BOM.

See my blog entry on the subject : 
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2006_01_28.shtml#e204

Opinions and comments sought.

Thanks

Fuzzyman
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml