Re: [Configobj-develop] [python] No newline at the end of file

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

Frederik Elwert wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I just discovered ConfigObj, and I really like it. But I have one
> problem: ConfigObj doesn't put a newline at the end of the files it
> writes. So the config file ends immediately after the value of the last
> option, with no trailing newline.
>
> Now I want to edit configuration files for one specific application with
> ConfigObj. And this application crashes with this behaviour while
> reading the config file. As far as I know, the POSIX standard requires
> files to end with newlines, so it seems legitimate for applications to
> expect newlines at the end of a file.
>
> Is this behaviour intended? And is there an easy way to add a final
> newline to the file?
>   
Well - there are easy ways to add newlines to files. :-)

Newline handling was actually quite tricky as ConfigObj is used to 
roundtrip files. I also prefer files terminated with a newline but 
wasn't aware it was part of the POSIX spec.

Unless there are any objections I will add code to ensure that files are 
newline terminated. A side effect is that roundtripped files may gain a 
newline. Avoiding this would mean storing extra state when reading files 
and I don't *intend* to jump through those hoops.

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

> Thanks,
> Frederik
>
>
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