Re: [Configobj-develop] need a __many__ mechanism for keywords

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

David Hostetler wrote:
> I'm finally getting around to taking advantage of Validator (have been
> using configobj for awhile), and unfortunately I'm finding that it
> currently lacks a capability that is (for my purposes) a necessity.
>
> Basically, I need a repetition mechanisms that works for keyword=value
> pairs.  The '__many__' feature works for repeated subsections within a
> given section, but I need something that lets me validate repeated
> keywords within a given section.
>
> I.e., for a config like:
>
> [somesection]
> foo = 1
> bar = 2
>
>
> I could define a configspec like so:
>
> [somesection]
> __many__ = integer(default=0)
>
>   

That's a good idea. Let me check my time machine:

http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2008_10_25.shtml#e1020

Yup, in Subversion and due for release soon. In the meantime you can try 
out the version in Subversion.

https://svn.pythonutils.python-hosting.com/trunk/pythonutils/configobj.py

Michael Foord
> That would allow a config file to include an arbitrary number of
> keyword=value pairs in the 'somesection' section, and I don't need a
> priori knowledge of the full set (the very same logical justification
> for the existing __many__ subsection feature).
>
> Without this capability, I'm compelled to restructure to something like this:
>
> [somesection]
>     [[foo]]
>         value = 1
>     [[bar]]
>         value = 2
>
>
> with a configspec like:
>
> [somesection]
>     [[__many__]]
>         value = integer(default=0)
>
>
> Which in my opinion is less syntactically efficient for the nature of
> the data I need to support.  That is - it forces another layer of
> config sectional hierarchy where it isn't needed and it muddies the
> namespace unnecessarily.
>
>
> Is there a way to do this in the current implementation that I haven't
> discovered, and if not - could this possibly be added as a new
> capability?
>
> regards,
>
> -David
>
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