What INI config file module allows lists of duplicate same-named options?

Sun Jan 9 15:52:42 EST 2011

Am 09.01.2011 21:43, schrieb Thomas L. Shinnick:
> Having (possibly) surveyed all the available pypi config file modules, 
> I still haven't seen one that allows an obvious and familiar extension 
> of the strict Windows INI format.
>> Each INI-style config module seems to enforce the strict rule: each 
> option in a section must have a different name - no duplicates. Thus 
> it is impossible to have a simple list, e.g.
>> [pathset uk]
> pathpair: /bath/* to /london/*
> pathpair: /bath/upload/** to /london/*
> pathpair: /firth/* to /forth/*
> pathpair: /firth/upload/** to /forth/*
>> Rather you must give each line a separate name, e.g.
>> [pathset uk]
> pathpair001: /bath/* to /london/*
> pathpair002: /bath/upload/** to /london/*
> pathpair003: /firth/* to /forth/*
> pathpair004: /firth/upload/** to /forth/*
> | | | | | |
> pathpair068: /glasgow/* to /edinburgh/*
> pathpair069: /glasgow/upload/** to /edinburgh/*
> | | | | | |
>> This is not ideal for a number of reasons. Do you know of a library 
> module that has the (optional?) ability to handle duplicate-named 
> options, returning them as a list?
>> If instead someone can point me to a reasonable Apache-style config 
> module, that might also serve. I've looked for such and the few found 
> seemed to be either bare bones or clumsily stripped out of something 
> much larger.
>>> -- 
> I'm a pessimist about probabilities; I'm an optimist about possibilities.
> Lewis Mumford (1895-1990)
>I've let ini style files alone some time ago.
Whenever possible I use JSON based files.
Your example could then look like this:
{
"pathpairs":{
 "uk":[
["/bath/*","/london/*"],
 ["/bath/upload/**","/london/*"],
 ["/firth/*,"/forth/*"],
 ["/firth/upload/**","/forth/*"]
 ]
}
}
Since Python 2.7, json is in the standard library.
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