Re: [Configobj-develop] Can I get a value through the interpolation path?

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

On 17/03/2010 18:50, Jason Baker wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Michael Foord 
> <fuz...@vo... <mailto:fuz...@vo...>> wrote:
>
>     How about setdefault?
>
>     >>> c = ConfigObj()
>     >>> c['bar'] = 'baz'
>     >>> c.setdefault('foo', '%(bar)s')
>         'baz'
>
>     Michael
>
>
> I'm assuming you mean using setdefault in lieu of my exception 
> handling which is a good idea.  However, the exception block isn't 
> really my primary concern.  It just feels a bit like I'm coupling my 
> app a bit too closely to Section's inner workings by going that 
> route.  I was thinking of something more along the lines of a magical 
> "get_by_interpolation" function (or something that would make 
> implementing such a function easier).  But, if such an animal doesn't 
> exist, I suppose I'll just have to deal.  :-)
Well - as far as I can tell setdefault is exactly a "magical 
get_by_interpolation function" - so I guess I'm not understanding you 
(setdefault is also a standard dictionary method).

Michael

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