Re: [Configobj-develop] check function for list of list of integers

[Patrick T. <pat...@go...>]

Quoting Faheem Mitha (2012-03-31 22:04:45)
>> Typically you'd grep for file removals and so on, or run it in a chroot or something
>> similar but I don't thing you should go that road and try to replace eval.
>
>Not sure what you are saying here. Do you think I should replace eval, or 
>should not replace eval?

Sorry, ambiguous use of natural language :)
I think you should not use eval.

>> You could try using a different separator, say a semicolon for inner lists and a dot for
>> outer lists. If you don't have a problem to compromise your syntax like this you can use:
>>
>>  value = 1.2;3.4.5
>>  [inner.split('.') for inner in value.split(';')]
>
>Interesting suggestion, thanks.

It's ugly, I know. Let's hope the validate interface gets refined here.
best,
/p