[stdlib-sig] ConfigParser - parsing options with no value

[Georg Brandl]

Brett Cannon schrieb:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 09:53, Mats Kindahl <mats at sun.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am currently using the ConfigParser module to parse MySQL configuration files.
>>  Just plain config files, nothing fancy except... options without values.
>>
>> There is a number of options here that does not require a value, they are
>> basically just turning on a feature. They are also common in the standard
>> template files for the server. Options that are for mysqld can have a value even
>> though it is not required and the option file parser will not complain, but for
>> some of the client tools, values may not be given or there will be a error.
>>
>> Looking at the tests of ConfigParser, I see that it is a deliberate design
>> decision to not allow options without values (or I am misunderstanding
>> something). Why?
>>
> 
> Who knows. =) Module is old enough it's quite possible no one
> remembers why.

Good point.  There's also an awful shortage of config parsers in the standard
library; we should add one or two.

Georg

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