Re: [Configobj-develop] Self referencing variable names

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

On 31/03/2010 02:04, Mohanaraj Gopala Krishnan wrote:
> Is there someplace I can refer to get an idea as to how to run the 
> tests. I have done
>
> cd configobj-4.7.2/tests
> python test_configobj.py
>

That runs most of the tests. There are some unit tests as well. I use 
unittest2 test discovery (the discover module should work as well - both 
are on PyPI) to run these.

> and get the follwing result
>
> 3 items had failures:
>    2 of   7 in configobj.Section.as_int
>    1 of   6 in configobj.Section.merge
>    2 of   6 in configobj.Section.walk
> ***Test Failed*** 5 failures.
>
> However I get these same results when I try to run the tests before 
> applying my patch.
>
> Any advice ?
>

Hmm... What version of Python are you using and what operating system? 
Can you show the actual test failures (the results), thanks.

Michael


> Mohan
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Michael Foord 
> <fuz...@vo... <mailto:fuz...@vo...>> wrote:
>
>     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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