This module is intended to provide configuration functionality for Python programs.

Change History

Version Date Description

0.3.6     09 Mar 2006 Made classes derive from object (previously they were
                      old-style classes).
                      Changed ConfigMerger to use a more flexible merge
                      strategy.
                      Multiline strings (using """ or ''') are now supported.
                      A typo involving raising a ConfigError was fixed.
                      Patches received with thanks from David Janes & Tim
                      Desjardins (BlogMatrix) and Erick Tryzelaar.
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0.3.5     27 Dec 2004 Added ConfigOutputStream to provide better Unicode
                      output support. Altered save code to put platformdependent 
                      newlines for Unicode.
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0.3.4     11 Nov 2004 Added ConfigInputStream to provide better Unicode
                      support.
                      Added ConfigReader.setStream().
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0.3.3     09 Nov 2004 Renamed config.get() to getByPath(), and likewise for
                      ConfigList.
                      Added Mapping.get() to work like dict.get().
                      Added logconfig.py and logconfig.cfg to distribution.
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0.3.2     04 Nov 2004 Simplified parseMapping().
                      Allowed Config.__init__ to accept a string as well as a
                      stream. If a string is passed in, streamOpener is used
                      to obtain the stream to be used.
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0.3.1     04 Nov 2004 Changed addNamespace/removeNamespace to make name
                      specification easier.
                      Refactored save(), added Container.writeToStream and
                      Container.writeValue() to help with this.
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0.3       03 Nov 2004 Added test harness (test_config.py)
                      Fixed bugs in bracket parsing.
                      Refactored internal classes.
                      Added merging functionality.
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0.2       01 Nov 2004 Added support for None.
                      Stream closed in load() and save().
                      Added support for changing configuration.
                      Fixed bugs in identifier parsing and isword().
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0.1       31 Oct 2004 Initial implementation (for community feedback)

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