On 12/08/2010 12:17, Michael Foord wrote:
How is ~/python not memorable or consistent? (And cross-platform memorability and consistency is valuable too.)
I was thinking outside Python rather than inside it (where ~ has no meaning on Windows) but you make a good point here. If we were just discussing Python code this would effectively be a winning point IMO.
Another issue is discoverability. Many users won't know about these config files unless they *see* them.
While I sympathise with this, I'm not sure how much weight one should give it in the context of this discussion. In the Unix world, if I were guessing, I would justifiably look in ~/.myapp followed perhaps by /etc/myapp. On Windows, I might go for the registry, as you mention elsewhere, and look in HKLM\Software\MyApp but for actual files I'm not sure where "discoverable" would be. re: using the Registry: To be honest, I was answering the literal question posed by Eric: where to put config files? Not the wider question: how should config data be stored? Where the answer to the latter question might be: the Registry -- much as I find it awkward to work with at times. One very definite point in its favour as regards this discussion is that Python on Windows *already* defines a key in the Registry (and has done so since v2.0 at least) and it would make some sense to place things under there. Ultimately, I don't feel very strongly about this subject. I'm more concerned that the chosen location (file or registry or whatever) be documented -- and documented from a Windows perspective as well, so you don't have to guess what "HOME" means in this context. TJG _______________________________________________ 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
