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Re: Using 'with open(...) as ...' together with configparser.ConfigParser.read

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Subject	Re: Using 'with open(...) as ...' together with configparser.ConfigParser.read
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Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> writes:

> On 2024-10-30, Loris Bennett <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>> Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> writes:
>>> As per the docs you link to, the read() method only takes filename(s)
>>> as arguments, if you have an already-open file you want to read then
>>> you should use the read_file() method instead.
>>
>> As you and others have pointed out, this is indeed covered in the docs,
>> so mea culpa.
>>
>> However, whereas I can see why you might want to read the config from a
>> dict or a string, what would be a use case in which I would want to
>> read from an open file rather than just reading from a file(name)?
>
> The ConfigParser module provides read(), read_file(), read_string(),
> and read_dict() methods. I think they were just trying to be
> comprehensive. It's a bit non-Pythonic really.

OK, but is there a common situation might I be obliged to use
'read_file'?  I.e. is there some common case where the file name is not
available, only a corresponding file-like object or stream?

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  Re: Using 'with open(...) as ...' together with configparser.ConfigParser.read Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2024-10-29 15:33 +0000
    Re: Using 'with open(...) as ...' together with configparser.ConfigParser.read "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> - 2024-10-30 14:03 +0100
      Re: Using 'with open(...) as ...' together with configparser.ConfigParser.read Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2024-10-30 15:41 +0000
        Re: Using 'with open(...) as ...' together with configparser.ConfigParser.read "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> - 2024-10-30 16:57 +0100
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