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Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what?

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On 9/30/2014 7:35 AM, cl@isbd.net wrote:
> Thus I'd have something like (apologies for any syntax errors):-
>
> cfg = { "LeisureVolts": ["AIN0", 0.061256, "Leisure Battery Voltage"],
>          "StarterVolts": ["AIN1", 0.060943, "Starter Battery Voltage"],
>          "LeisureAmps1": ["AIN2", 0.423122, "Leisure Battery Current"}
>
> (It might be better to makes those lists dictionaries, but it shows
> the idea)

Using configparser.ConfigParser to read an ini-format seems like a good 
idea. I use it for my own numerous fixed format data file definitions, 
and it's been convenient and even extensible.

[LeisureVolts]
Description=Leisure Battery Voltage
Code=AIN0
Value=0.061256

[StarterVolts]
Description=Starter Battery Voltage
Code=AIN1
Value=0.060943

[LeisureAmps1]
Description=Leisure Battery Current
Code=AIN2
Value=0.423122

I've set it up so I can understand abbreviations for the field names, 
for when I want to be lazy.

Some of my values are dictionaries, which looks like this in my files 
(an alternate spelling of one of the above entries):

LeisureVolts=desc:Leisure Battery Voltage
              code:AIN2
             value:0.061256

It's simple to hook into ConfigParser to get whatever meaning you'd 
like, and whatever verification you'd find necessary.

-- 
Neil Cerutti

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Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? cl@isbd.net - 2014-09-30 12:35 +0100
  Re:Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-09-30 09:14 -0400
    Re: Re:Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? cl@isbd.net - 2014-09-30 15:55 +0100
      Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2014-10-02 14:50 -0400
  Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-09-30 06:15 -0700
    Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? cl@isbd.net - 2014-09-30 16:06 +0100
      Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? jkn <jkn_gg@nicorp.f9.co.uk> - 2014-09-30 08:59 -0700
      Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-09-30 09:39 -0700
        Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-01 02:51 +1000
          Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-09-30 10:01 -0700
            Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-01 03:15 +1000
              Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-09-30 10:31 -0700
                Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-01 03:46 +1000
              Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-02 00:49 +1000
                Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-02 00:55 +1000
            Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? cl@isbd.net - 2014-09-30 18:30 +0100
              Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-01 03:49 +1000
        Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 18:24 -0700
  Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? "Neil D. Cerutti" <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-09-30 12:16 -0400
    Re: Keepin constants, configuration values, etc. in Python - dedicated module or what? cl@isbd.net - 2014-09-30 18:50 +0100

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