[Configobj-develop] Logging and ConfigObj

[Dan G. <dkg...@lb...>]

being new to the list, I was looking at the archives and came across 
this post on Nov. 2007.

If this is still an open question, an easy answer is: look at how 
TurboGears uses configobj to do exactly this!
> When I needed a way to specify configuration parameters for my program, I
> chose ConfigObj without looking closely at ConfigParser very closely 
> because
> I had a feeling ConfigObj was better. Recently, I started using the 
> logging
> package with my software. It allows me to specify its configuration 
> using a
> configuration file, but it uses ConfigParser to access it. I would 
> like to
> keep all configuration data in one configuration file, so I figured 
> that it
> wouldn't be a big deal to switch my software over to ConfigParser. When I
> first encountered get/set, my stomach twisted. When I discovered that I
> couldn't specify a list as an option, I aborted. I was transforming code
> that was simple and transparent into something verbose and opaque. 
> Because
> my configuration file is not compatible with ConfigParser, I am 
> resigned to
> two configuration files, one for my code and one for logging. However, 
> I am
> wondering first whether I am missing a one-configuration-file solution. I
> suppose that logging needs to be updated to use ConfigObj, but perhaps 
> I am
> missing a solution that I can apply more readily.
> -- 
> Jeffrey Barish 
-Dan

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