Re: [Configobj-develop] List handling in Validator

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

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:03 PM, David Hostetler <neg...@gm...> wrote:
> config["foo"] = '1,2'  is Python code!!
OK, it seems clear that my point is not getting across at all. It
seems difficult to convey what I'm trying to say over the internet, so
after this I'm giving up on this point, and will simply continue to
use a workaround in my own program.

Consider the spec:
myint = integer
mylist = list

Assume conf is of type ConfigObj using the above mentioned spec.

conf['myint'] = '1'
conf[mylist'] = '1,2,3'

After validation myint will be converter to integer while mylist will
_not_ be converted to a list. I simply do not understand why one is
converted but the other isn't. You may very well be right, and I'm
wrong, and I see little point in continuing to argue about this weird
behaviour, especially since there's a simple workaround that I already
use in my programs.

-- 
Stefan Parviainen