Re: [Configobj-develop] ConfigObj drops quotes sometimes

[Jeffrey B. <jef...@ea...>]

On Monday 12 January 2009 08:16:57 Michael Foord wrote:
> Jeffrey Barish wrote:
> > I write the repr of a tuple to my configuration file on exit.  Usually, I
> > find "<tuple>" in my configuration file afterward, but occasionally the
> > quotation marks are missing.  I have not been able to detect a pattern. 
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Is it actually causing any problems?

When I subsequently read the value from the configuration file, I get a list 
instead of a string.  For example, when I write

('a', ['b'])

I expect to see

"('a', ['b'])"

in the configuration file.  When I read that value, I get a string.  I eval 
the string to get the original tuple.  Occasionally I find

('a', ['b'])

in the configuration file.  When I read that value, I get

["('a'", "['b'])"]

When I eval that value, I get an error.  It seems that I could circumvent the 
problem by restoring the string when I get a list, but the unexpected 
behavior is disturbing.
-- 
Jeffrey Barish