ConfigObj is a simple but powerful config file reader and writer: an ini
file round tripper. Its main feature is that it is very easy to use, with a
straightforward programmer's interface and a simple syntax for config files.
List of Features
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Nested sections (subsections), to any level
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List values
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Multiple line values
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Full Unicode support
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String interpolation (substitution)
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Integrated with a powerful validation system
- including automatic type checking/conversion
- and allowing default values
- repeated sections
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All comments in the file are preserved
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The order of keys/sections is preserved
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Powerful unrepr mode for storing/retrieving Python data-types
Changelog
Release 5.0.8
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- fixing/test for a regression introduced in 5.0.7 that prevented
import validate from working
Release 5.0.7
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- update testing to validate against python version 2.7 and 3.5-3.11
- update broken links / non-existent services and references
Older Releases
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- Release 5.0.6 improves error messages in certain edge cases
- Release 5.0.5 corrects a unicode-bug that still existed in writing files
- Release 5.0.4 corrects a unicode-bug that still existed in reading files after
fixing lists of string in 5.0.3
- Release 5.0.3 corrects errors related to the incorrectly handling unicode
encoding and writing out files
- Release 5.0.2 adds a specific error message when trying to install on
Python versions older than 2.5
- Release 5.0.1 fixes a regression with unicode conversion not happening
in certain cases PY2
- Release 5.0.0 updates the supported Python versions to 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3
and is otherwise unchanged
- Release 4.7.2 fixes several bugs in 4.7.1
- Release 4.7.1 fixes a bug with the deprecated options keyword in 4.7.0.
- Release 4.7.0 improves performance adds features for validation and
fixes some bugs.