Re: [Configobj-develop] Problem with list values

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

Thanks Arve - I'll look at this. Anyone else have an opinion on the 
'raise an error or coerce to list' question ?

Michael

Arve Knudsen wrote:
>
>
> On 5/14/07, *Michael Foord* <fuz...@vo... 
> <mailto:fuz...@vo...>> wrote:
>
>     Arve Knudsen wrote:
>     > Hi
>     > I have a
>     > problem with configobj/validate (in general a great
>     combination!) that
>     > keeps cropping up. If I forget to include a comma (',') when
>     defining
>     > a list value in my configuration file, it is translated into a
>     string
>     > (even though its specified type is 'list'). The fix is simply to
>     add a
>     > comma to the end of the configuration value. Is there any reason for
>     > this behaviour? I find it rather painful since I have to check
>     in my
>     > own code whether supposed list values from configobj are actually
>     > lists or strings.
>     Can you post a minimal config and validation file that illustrates the
>     problem, and I'll look at it.
>
>
> # Config
> values = val1
>
> # Reading config in Python
> import configobj, validate
>
> conf = configobj.ConfigObj("test.cfg", configspec={"values": "list"})
> vdt = validate.Validator ()
> conf.validate(vdt)
> # The configuration now contains a string value for parameter "values"
>
>     In general, lists without commas aren't lists. :-)
>
>
> Yes, that much is obvious. 
>
>     I guess if an item is explicitly specified as a list then coercing a
>     string into a single member list *sounds* like the right behaviour
>     (rather than raising an error). Anyone else have any opinions?
>
>
> I would like this behaviour, otherwise the validation should raise an 
> error instead of silently returning a string when a list was specified 
> in the validation schema.
>
> Thanks,
> Arve
>
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