Re: [Tutor] Configuration File Pattern
> What I use in this situation is the INI config file parser in the > standard lib. It's easy to use > > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html > Awesome! Really easy and intuitive. Thanks a lot ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Configuration File Pattern
> Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:08:45 +0200 > From: Daniele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Tutor] Configuration File Pattern > To: tutor@python.org > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi list, > I've recently developed a basic python program which needs to store > some data in a file (e.g. a directory path). > What the program needs is a dictionary containing the data, so I used > the pickle module to store the dictionary in a file and read it back > when the program is launched. > I wanted to know which is the common pattern in python programming in > this case, because the way I've choosen only lets the user configure > the data via a GUI (the file is somehow "compiled"). Is it better to > store the data in a text file and then parse it and construct a > dictionary? Or is there e third way? Following the Unix philosophy ("Store data in flat text file"), it is much better to dump the dictionary into a plain text file, but pickling is so damn easy. If you have the time and space to do it, you should make a dumper and parser, if not, there is no real problem with using pickled format as far as I'm aware (especially if you strictly don't want someone to manually modify the file). The only potential problem, I could think of, is whether pickled data is cross-version compatible. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Configuration File Pattern
What I use in this situation is the INI config file parser in the standard lib. It's easy to use ##CONFIG FILE [paths] images=/home/user/Images ##CODE### import ConfigParser config=ConfigParser.ConfigParser() config.readfp(open(conf,'r')) print config http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ConfigParser.html On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Daniele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > I've recently developed a basic python program which needs to store > some data in a file (e.g. a directory path). > What the program needs is a dictionary containing the data, so I used > the pickle module to store the dictionary in a file and read it back > when the program is launched. > I wanted to know which is the common pattern in python programming in > this case, because the way I've choosen only lets the user configure > the data via a GUI (the file is somehow "compiled"). Is it better to > store the data in a text file and then parse it and construct a > dictionary? Or is there e third way? > > Thanks, Daniele > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Configuration File Pattern
Hi list, I've recently developed a basic python program which needs to store some data in a file (e.g. a directory path). What the program needs is a dictionary containing the data, so I used the pickle module to store the dictionary in a file and read it back when the program is launched. I wanted to know which is the common pattern in python programming in this case, because the way I've choosen only lets the user configure the data via a GUI (the file is somehow "compiled"). Is it better to store the data in a text file and then parse it and construct a dictionary? Or is there e third way? Thanks, Daniele ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
