Re: [Configobj-develop] List values

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

T. Hariharan wrote:
> When you have a keyword that has a list of values, eg:
>
> PathList = /path1, /path2
>
> config['PathList'] returns a list of values. However if you have only one value:
>
> PathList = /path1
>
> config['PathList'] returns a string value.
>
> It would be nice if you can tell ConfigObj to always return values for certain keywords as a list, even if there is only one value. In the second case above, config['PathList'] would return [ '/path1' ]. Is there a way to do this? I'm sure others would have run into this issue.
>   

The correct syntax for a list with a single member is:

PathList = /path1,


Otherwise the code to check for a string first and turn it into a single 
membered list is quite straightforward. :-)

All the best,

Michael
> Thanks,
> Hari
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