Re: [Configobj-develop] Continuation for multi-line data

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

Abhinandan Jain wrote:
> Hi
>
> I see in the documentation that the use of '\' as a continuation
> character for multi-line data is no longer supported in ConfigObj
> 4. There are some third party configuration datafiles for which I have
> found this feature very useful when parsing using ConfigObj.
>
> I'd like to put in a request to add back support for this to ConfigObj 4
> as an optional feature. In my case, the data files are fairly simple
> in structure so it is OK with me if enabling this feature means that
> some other features in ConfigObj will not be available when parsing the
> files. 
>
>   
Hello Abhi,

I'm afraid I don't like '\' as continuation syntax, and won't add it 
back to ConfigObj.

The correct way to create multiline values is with triple quote strings :

key = """A multiline value.
Really."""

All the best,


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


> Thanks
>
> Abhi
>
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