1. again, ConfigObj is pure Python, supports nesting, and is read/write (so there is no need to template injectable config files (e.g., with  \n, =, #;etc. must be escaped))

| PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/configobj/5.0.6
| Src: https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj
| Docs: https://configobj.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

2. A grammar for configparser would make this more apparent https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/tip/Lib/configparser.py

On Sunday, May 15, 2016, Robert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net> wrote:
On 15 May 2016 at 08:21, Ionel Cristian Mărieș <contact@ionelmc.ro> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> wrote:
>>
>> No need to think; the decision is made and it's TOML. I know Chris doesn't
>> mean to stir up trouble, but at this point if someone wants to propose
>> something other than TOML they are going to have to write their own PEP.
>
>
> Not asking for any change but has anyone looked at libconfig? It looks quite
> interesting: simple grammar and nesting support. What do you think of it?

I hadn't, but its certainly irrelevant here, as vendoring it suitably
for pip would be excruciating due to the C dependency.

-Rob
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