reading optional configuration from a file

[Ben Finney]

Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt at dominolaser.com> writes:

> I have a few tests that require a network connection. Typically, the
> target will be localhost on port 20000. However, sometimes these
> settings differ, so I want to be able to optionally set them.

I subscribe to the view that an application's user-configurable settings
should be data, not executable code.

For this purpose, you will want to investigate the Python standard
library modules ‘json’ <URL:http://docs.python.org/library/json> and
‘configparser’ <URL:http://docs.python.org/library/configparser>.

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