[Configobj-develop] Getting a "really" parsed version of configspec

[Stefan P. <pa...@ik...>]

Hi,

I'm writing a graphical editor for configuration files that work with
configobj. I would like the GUI to take into account what type an
option has, e.g. if it's an integer with a minimum and a maximum
specified a slider should be shown while a standard text box is shown
if no limits are given.

The problem is getting the parameters, such as "min" and "max". I know
I can parse the spec using ConfigObj and then do a lookup based on the
option name, but that only results in a string like
"integer(default=3, min=0, max=5)" which I would then have to parse
further. Does validate.py provide any help with this or do I need to
do the parsing myself. I realize that somewhere deep down inside
validate the values are parsed, but are they exposed to users in any
way?