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

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

Stef Mientki wrote:
>> 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 ?
>   

Because by then ConfigObj has *already* read the values in. Changing the 
settings afterwards only affects how they are written back out.

Michael
http://www.manning.com/foord

> cheers,
> Stef
>
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