Re: [Rest2web-develop] Re: We forked validate.py

[Nicola L. <ni...@te...>]

> I've got meld - I'll have to merge back in what you've done with the
> docs. Not today - it's a bit manic :-(

Bricks flying left and right, eh? ;-)


> Obviously for any further work we need to agree specific areas that we
> should each work on - then we can just discuss how we integrate the
> different things we do, rather than both working on the same things at
> the same time !

So, tell me what you think of my last commits to validate.py, before I go
on and tackle configreader.py . :-)


> I do have an implementation question.
>
> My current implementation for ConfigObj puts an attribute called
> 'configspec' on the main ConfigObj. This is the parsed configspec with
> all the tests, the structure follows the expected structure of your
> config file (obviously).
>
> I'm wondering if it would be better to have a configspec attribute for
> each Section - (as a dictionary). This would allow you to *individually*
> test values as well.

Individually as opposed to what? I'm not sure I understand.


> The disadvantage of doing this is that you have to create each section
> at the point you parse the configspec, which is before you parse the
> config file. This means that sections that appear in the configspec, but
> *not* in the config file, will have to be created anyway.

This does not seem a big disadvantage, but again, I'm not sure I get it all.


> What do you think ?

Not much, I'm sure you're be able to explain it better, once the pressure
subsides.


> Anyway - I don't *think* I can blag IRC until I've put a proper effort
> into poking a hole in our work firewall. (Requires me to construct a
> website that looks like a building related website - I have registered a
> domain specially !). *But* - I'm going to try and get Jabber working.

So it's easier to chat from Romania than from Britain. Bah! ;-) See what
you can do.


-- 
Nicola Larosa - ni...@te...

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Learning Java after learning Python can be done via Jython. [...]
Learning Perl after learning Python can ... never mind. ;-)
 -- André Roberge, May 2005