Re: [Configobj-develop] [python] Re: Newbie: problems getting started ...

[Stef M. <s.m...@ru...>]

> Shock horror - Python is *built* on dictionaries! :-)
>   
Yes I read that before,
but doesn't mean that everyone is using them (explictly) ;-)
(I mainly do signal analysis and simulation)
>   
>> Still one other small question, which must be peanuts for you (and others),
>> how do I read a value as a normal string ?
>> When I've an inifile with following content:
>>   size = (134,433)
>> ConfigObj gives me back a list
>>   ['(134', '433)']
>>   
>>     
>
> By default ConfigObj treats comma separated values as lists.
Yes I read that ...
so I tried
    ini.list_values = False
but that didn't work.
>  This *can* 
> be inconvenient, so you can switch it off.
>
>   
> ini = ConfigObj(filename, list_values=False)
>
>   
Thanks that works ok.
So why doesn't
    ini.list_values = False
this work ?

cheers,
Stef