Guido van Rossum wrote: >> But like it or not, configuration files are often used to store data >> about what a program does - not just the UI options. Storing this in a >> human readable and editable format is of great advantage. >> >> Yes, a lot of the entries will never be modified by a user - but many >> will need to be edited and read by a developer. In a production >> environment importing from python modules is not likely to be safe. > > Ah. This definitely isn't what ConfigParser was meant to do. I'd think > for this you should use some kind of XML pickle though. That's > horrible if end users must edit it, but great for saving > near-arbitrary persistent data in a readable and occasionally editable > (for the developer) form.
While we're at it, is the Python library going to incorporate some YAML parser in the future? YAML seems like a perfectly matching data format for Python. Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
