Re: [Configobj-develop] wrong configfile passes successfully a specfile

[F. <bou...@gm...>]

 Le 13/08/2010 20:52, Michael Foord a écrit :
> On 13/08/2010 15:40, François wrote:
>>  Le 13/08/2010 14:34, Michael Foord a écrit :
>>   
>>> On 13/08/2010 13:29, François wrote:
>>>     
>>>>   Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if it is a bug or if I'm using the library in a wrong way
>>>> but I can pass successfully a configfile which is obviously wrong.
>>>>
>>>>    
>>>>       
>>> I think you are using validation incorrectly. Try printing the result of 
>>> config.validate(Validator()) and I think you will see your mistake.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>     
>> You mean I have to make a for loop on the hash elements to be sure they
>> are all correct?
>>
>>
>>   
> >From the docs on the validate method:
>
>     By default, the validate method either returns True (everything
> passed) or a dictionary of True / False representing pass/fail. The
> dictionary follows the structure of the ConfigObj.
>
> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html#return-value
>
> So in the event of a validation fail you will get a dictionary of
> values telling you which one(s) failed. This is going to evaluate as
> True if you check it in an if statement. Instead you should do
> (something like):
>
>     result = configobj.validate(Validator())
>
>     if result == True
>         # validation succeeded

Ok! I feel stupid since I read many times the doc and missed the mention
of the dictionary. I thought the two steps were to explicit as much as
possible, so I tried to compress the code.

Many thanks for your answer (and your job).

Regards,
Francois.