Re: [Configobj-develop] Make ConfigObj and Section oredered

[Arash A. <aza...@gm...>]

Thanks for clarification.It could be nice if it had that feature. Do you
have any suggestions ?

Best ,
Arash.

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Michael Foord <fuz...@vo...>wrote:

>  On 22/11/2011 06:26, Arash Azarmi wrote:
>
> Yes but it only preserves the order for scalars(or sections) .Cant keep
> both at same.
>
>  If you insert scalar *a* within section *A* ,then insert section *B *in
> section A , and then insert scalar *b , *and then section* C *the order I
> like to see is* : a , B , b ,C*
> But with scalars you get* a,b , *
> and with sections you get* B,C .*
> *
> *
> Is there away you get both ?
>
>
> That can't work with configobj. Think about this example:
>
> c = ConfigObj()
> c['one'] = 'one'
> c['section'] = {}
> c['two'] = 'two'
>
> When ConfigObj writes out the file it does this:
>
> >>> for line in c.write():
> ...  print line
> ...
> one = one
> two = two
> [section]
>
> You seem to want it to do this:
> one = one
> [section]
> two = two
>
> The problem is that the key 'two' is now *inside* 'section' - it's in the
> wrong place and when reading the file back in it would do the wrong thing.
> Scalars *have* to be written out before sections.
>
> All the best,
>
> Michael
>
>  Thanks ,
> Arash.
>
>  On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:40 PM, L. Canessa <l.c...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Did you read the documentation?
>>
>>  It's supposed to be:
>>
>>  *for i in config['procedure'].scalars*
>> *
>> *
>> If I recall correctly.
>>
>>  -Leonardo
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Arash Azarmi <aza...@gm...>wrote:
>>
>>> As far as I try , it does not preserve , here is a sample code :
>>>
>>>  *config = configobj.ConfigObj()*
>>> *config.filename = "file.name"*
>>> *procedure={}*
>>> *loop={'sweep':[],'contents':OrderedDict()}*
>>> *config['procedure']=procedure*
>>> *config['procedure']['var_1']=1*
>>> *config['procedure']['var_2']=1*
>>> *config['procedure']['loop.1']=loop*
>>> *config['procedure']['var_3']=1*
>>> *config.write()*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *for i in config['procedure'] :*
>>> *    print i,'=',str(config['procedure'][i])*
>>> *    if i.find('loop')==0:*
>>> *        for j in config['procedure'][i]:*
>>> *            print j,'=',str(config['procedure'][i])*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> Output is :
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> var_1 = 1
>>> var_2 = 1
>>> var_3 = 1  <--------- This is out of order.It should be printed last of
>>> all.
>>> loop.1 = {'sweep': [], 'contents': {}}
>>> sweep = {'sweep': [], 'contents': {}}
>>> contents = {'sweep': [], 'contents': {}}
>>> *
>>>
>>>  On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Michael Foord <
>>> fuz...@vo...> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  On 21/11/2011 21:09, Arash Azarmi wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all ,
>>>> I am using configObj to store inputs from user.In my case, the sequence
>>>> matters so I can't let the configObj don't store sequence order.Both
>>>> Section and ConfigObj are implemented as ordinary dictionary {} . I tried
>>>> to change that to OrderedDict (from collections) but apparently it's not
>>>> working again.Has anybody a solution for this ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  ConfigObj does store (and preserve when reading / writing) order.
>>>>
>>>> See the documentation on the "sections" and "scalars" attributes of
>>>> sections:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html#section-attributes
>>>>
>>>> These attributes are normal lists, representing the order that members,
>>>> single values and subsections appear in the section. The order will either
>>>> be the order of the original config file, or the order that you added
>>>> members.
>>>>
>>>> The order of members in this lists is the order that write creates in
>>>> the config file. The scalars list is output before the sections list.
>>>>
>>>> Adding or removing members also alters these lists. You can manipulate
>>>> the lists directly to alter the order of members.
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>>
>>>> Michael Foord
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks ,
>>>> Arash.
>>>>
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