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Re: [Configobj-develop] Make ConfigObj and Section oredered
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From: Michael F. <fuz...@vo...> - 2011-11-22 22:50:04
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On 22/11/2011 21:02, Arash Azarmi wrote: > Thanks for clarification.It could be nice if it had that feature. Do > you have any suggestions ? > Not really, sorry. Because of the ConfigObj syntax it's not possible for the order *between* sections and scalars to be preserved. You'll have to wrap ConfigObj and store the information yourself as an extra entry I think. All the best, Michael > Best , > Arash. > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Michael Foord > <fuz...@vo... <mailto: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... >> <mailto: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... <mailto:aza...@gm...>> wrote: >> >> As far as I try , it does not preserve , here is a sample >> code : >> >> *config = configobj.ConfigObj()* >> *config.filename = "file.name <http://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... >> <mailto: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. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure >>> contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, >>> security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this >>> data and makes sense of it. IT sense. 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And common sense. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Configobj-develop mailing list >> Con...@li... >> <mailto:Con...@li...> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/configobj-develop >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure >> contains a definitive record of customers, application >> performance, >> security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes >> this >> data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Configobj-develop mailing list >> Con...@li... >> <mailto:Con...@li...> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/configobj-develop >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure >> contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, >> security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this >> data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Configobj-develop mailing list >> Con...@li... <mailto:Con...@li...> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/configobj-develop > > > -- > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ > > May you do good and not evil > May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others > May you share freely, never taking more than you give. > -- the sqlite blessinghttp://www.sqlite.org/different.html > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > > > _______________________________________________ > Configobj-develop mailing list > Con...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/configobj-develop -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html |
