Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; '"if': 0.04; 'library,': 0.05; 'terry': 0.07; 'keys,': 0.09; 'storing': 0.09; 'subclass': 0.09; 'am,': 0.12; 'sections': 0.13; 'method.': 0.15; '-tkc': 0.16; 'altered': 0.16; 'from:addr:python.list': 0.16; 'from:addr:tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'from:name:tim chase': 0.16; 'message-id:@tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'parser,': 0.16; 'preserved': 0.16; 'received:50': 0.16; 'received:70.251': 0.16; 'received:dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net': 0.16; 'received:rcsntx.swbell.net': 0.16; 'received:swbell.net': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'sequence.': 0.16; 'subject:which': 0.16; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.16; 'looked': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.21; 'file,': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'documented': 0.23; 'cc:2**0': 0.26; "i'm": 0.28; 'assuming': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.29; 'behaves': 0.30; 'comments.': 0.30; 'config': 0.30; 'minor': 0.32; 'changing': 0.32; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'fair': 0.37; 'minimal': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'should': 0.38; 'that.': 0.39; 'back': 0.60; 'more': 0.61; 'anything,': 0.73; 'subject: ': 0.74; 'difference.': 0.84; 'gain.': 0.84; 'subject:there': 0.91 Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:13:12 -0500 From: Tim Chase User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111120 Icedove/3.1.16 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Is there a ConfigParser which keeps comments References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - boston.accountservergroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tim.thechases.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 22 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1331751843 news.xs4all.nl 6987 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47844 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:21623 On 03/14/12 12:06, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 3/14/2012 6:07 AM, Gelonida N wrote: >> Now I'm looking for a library, which behaves like config parser, but >> with one minor difference. >> >> The write() mehtod should keep existing comments. > > Assuming that you have not overlooked anything, I would just subclass > ConfigParser with an altered write method. It would require a lot more than that. It would entail changing the reading as well so that it preserved the comments as well as the order of sections & keys, and a way of storing those associated comments in sequence. I looked into it a fair while back and it was a LOT more work than I cared to do for minimal gain. I wimped out and just documented it with "If you use the ability to (re)write a configuration file, it will not keep any comments or ordering from any original sources." -tkc