Re: Config & ConfigParser

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Date	Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:09:15 +1100
Subject	Re: Config & ConfigParser
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On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:19:53 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Chuck <galois271@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I guess my question was more what is a config.file & why/how do I use
>>> one. Thanks
>>
>> In its simplest form, a config file is one way to change a program's
>> behaviour without editing the code.
>
> I don't think that's quite right, because your code has to be changed to
> read the data from the configuration file in the first place. It doesn't
> just happen by magic.

Sure, but once you've made your code read from the config file, you
can then edit the file only and it changes the program's actions.

Of course, that's an *incredibly* broad description; amongst its
coverage are such diverse elements as Apache reading an HTML file to
serve, CPython reading a .py file, and the ROM BIOS reading a boot
sector and jumping to it... but based on the OP's question I couldn't
really be any more specific.

ChrisA

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Config & ConfigParser Chuck <galois271@gmail.com> - 2013-03-05 12:09 -0800
  Re: Config & ConfigParser Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-03-05 15:17 -0600
    Re: Config & ConfigParser Chuck <galois271@gmail.com> - 2013-03-05 15:58 -0800
      Re: Config & ConfigParser Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-03-05 18:15 -0600
        Re: Config & ConfigParser Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-06 04:04 +0000
  Re: Config & ConfigParser Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-06 03:31 +0000
    Re: Config & ConfigParser Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-06 15:05 +1100
      Re: Config & ConfigParser Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-03-07 16:18 +0000
    Re: Config & ConfigParser Chuck <galois271@gmail.com> - 2013-03-05 20:07 -0800
      Re: Config & ConfigParser Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-06 15:19 +1100
        Re: Config & ConfigParser Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-06 04:54 +0000
          Re: Config & ConfigParser Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-06 17:09 +1100

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