[Configobj-develop] String literal in the configuration file

[kat k. <dok...@gm...>]

Hello All,

I need to retrieve a value of a key in the configuration file as a raw
string but somehow after ConfigObj reads it, it is escaping special
characters. For e.g, here is my configuration file:

[ "constants" ]
'target_dir' = r"C:\tmpdir"

As you see above I have declared "target_dir" key's value to be a raw string
which should be evaluated literally, that is the backslash present in the
value should not be escaped.

I am reading the file like this:

>>> from configobj import ConfigObj
>>> config = ConfigObj("tmp.cfg")
>>> dir = config['constants']['target_dir']
>>> dir
'C:\\tmpdir'

although this is OK:
>>> print dir
'C:\tmpdir'

but when we do print, the string is evaluated.

If you see, the backslash gets escaped and I no longer get the raw string I
had in my configuration file.

What should I do so that ConfigObj reads that value as a raw string and give
me r"C:\tmpdir" instead of "C:\\tmpdir"

Thanks much for your help

-kk