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Re: The "right" way to use config files

From Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: The "right" way to use config files
Date 2014-08-09 19:17 +0200
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Hi,

On 09.08.2014 18:16, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> Better, in my view, is to have the import module set up default values
> for everything, AND have a function at the bottom of the form
>
> def initialize(fid=None):
> 	if fid:
> 		# parse file "fid" replacing the module level items
> 		# this may require making a them all globals since
> 		# assignments inside this function would be locals
>
> And then your main program
>
> import myconfig
> ...
> myconfig.initialize(sys.argv[1])

Yes ok I think got it. Thanks! I like the idea and will implement it, 
this will avoid the useless superobject and allow to have to configfile 
available to anyone.

Fabien

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The "right" way to use config files Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2014-08-09 13:48 +0200
  Re: The "right" way to use config files Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-08-09 22:17 +1000
    Re: The "right" way to use config files Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2014-08-09 14:33 +0200
      Re: The "right" way to use config files Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-08-09 12:16 -0400
        Re: The "right" way to use config files Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2014-08-09 19:17 +0200
  Re: The "right" way to use config files Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-08-09 12:08 -0500
  Re: The "right" way to use config files Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-08-09 13:29 -0400
    Re: The "right" way to use config files Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2014-08-09 20:14 +0200
      Re: The "right" way to use config files Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-08-09 18:30 -0400
        Re: The "right" way to use config files Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 10:33 +0200

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