Re: [Configobj-develop] getting line numbers of config file entries

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

David Hostetler wrote:
>
> How would validation work for non-string list specifications?
>
> I.e. -- what value should an empty entry be for an int_list?   Ditto 
> for the other types (float, bool, etc..).
>
> I suppose an argument can be made to use None under these 
> circumstances.  But then is it more or less intuitive for string lists 
> to use '' instead of None?
>
>

Hmm... unfortunately that's a very good point. Perhaps an alternative 
set of validation functions that allow empty values and replace them 
with None. From a validation point of view either an empty entry is 
either acceptable or not depending on the use case.

Michael

> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 08:31, Michael Foord 
> <fuz...@vo... <mailto:fuz...@vo...>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hmm... well on reflection it ought to either be a syntax error or come
>     in as empty string. I guess empty string makes most sense. I'm
>     doing an
>     update to ConfigObj soon to address a couple of issues and see if
>     I can
>     include this.
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Michael
>
>
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