[IPython-dev] IPython.config, HasTraits, Traitlets as an independent library?

[Matthias BUSSONNIER]

Le 16 avr. 2013 à 03:17, Robert McGbibbon a écrit :

> Hey,
> 
> I've become convinced that IPython's traits-based configuration system 
> is awesome, and really useful for other
> projects that have a command line app that needs to be configured, 
> either with command line flags or a config file. I really like how it 
> lets me keep my apps DRY, by automatically exposing a traitlet as a 
> configurable command line option without having to repeat the 
> docstring/helptext, and how you basically get file based configuration 
> in addition to command line configuration basically for free.


> Are others using the IPython config system outside of the IPython 
> codebase itself?

Yes, nbconvert/nbconvert2 … Ok, I know it does not count. 


> There's not a lot of documentation, but I think it 
> really beats systems like the cement framework.
> 
> I'm wondering if it makes sense to think about the config system as a 
> modular framework to be used by other packages as well.

I agree, but there are still some assumptions that config stuff is run from inside IPython
that should be removed before. The second things is that config file are not updatable by 
a program, they have to be edited by hand. (side effect of being pure python file)
It would be really great to have the ability to read/write form/to a plain configuration file. 
Apparently python3 is good at that. 

> The logical 
> extension of that would be to spin it off as another repo/project that 
> IPython depended on, but that's a little premature. More realistic would 
> be to write up maybe some documentation on how to use the config system 
> in your own app.

IPython docs is great for that. Nbconvert2 is really small if you need a self contained example.
http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/stable/config/overview.html

-- 
Matthias

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