Re: [Configobj-develop] Self referencing variable names

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

Hi Mohanaraj,

Do the tests still pass with your patch applied? For a patch to be 
considered it should include tests for the new behavior and preferably a 
docs patch as well. :-)

All the best,

Michael Foord

On 29/03/2010 13:18, Mohanaraj Gopala Krishnan wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have been trying to come up with a config file that look as follows
>
> --
> log_dir = '/var/log'
> oltp_host = localhost
> olap_host = $oltp_host
>
> [app]
> log_dir = ${log_dir}/app
> oltp_host = $oltp_host
> olap_host = $olap_host
> --
> And access it with the following trivial code:
>
> --
> import configobj
> from configobj import ConfigObj
> configobj.DEFAULT_INTERPOLATION ='Template'
> a = ConfigObj('./config.ini')
> print a
> --
>
> However when i try to access it with the following code I get 
>  "configobj.InterpolationLoopError: interpolation loop detected in 
> value "log_dir". "
>
> Looking at the code it seems to be because of the common names. I have 
> implemented a naive hack that will allow for params to have the same 
> names as their values, by ensuring that they don't end up referencing 
> to themselves. I realise that this is not a complete fix and there are 
> still cases where this will break down,  but I would just like to know 
> what you guys think ? I have attached the patch to this email.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> -- 
>
> Mohanaraj
>
>
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