On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 10:09:52 PM UTC+5:30, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:48:15 PM UTC+5:30, c...@isbd.net wrote: > > Rustom Mody wrote: > > > On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 5:18:31 PM UTC+5:30, Chris wrote: > > > > I would actually > > > > quite like to keep the configuration data separate from the code as it > > > > would simplify using the data at the 'home' end of things as I'd just > > > > need to copy the configuration file across. This was why the database > > > > approach appealed at first as all I need to do is copy the database > > > > and everything is in there. > > > Of course > > > > Are there any better ways of doing this? E.g. some sort of standard > > > > configuration file format that Python knows about? > > > Umm this is getting to be a FAQ... > > > Maybe it should go up somewhere? > > > Yes there are dozens: > > > - ini > > > - csv > > > - json > > > - yml > > > - xml > > > - pickle > > > - And any DBMS of your choice > > > I guess Ive forgotten as many as Ive listed!!
> > Yes, I know, I've found most of those. I'm really asking for help in > > choosing which to use. I think I can reject some quite quickly:- > > xml - horrible, nasty to edit, etc. I don't like XML! :-) > Heh! Youve proved yourself a pythonista! > > ini - doesn't work so well with lists/dictionaries (though possible) > > csv - rather difficult to edit > Have you tried with comma=tab? > > yml - front runner if I go for configuration files > Yeah my favorite as well > > json - one of the most likely possibilities, but prefer yml > Seems to be most popular nowadays -- maybe related to being almost yaml > and in the standard lib > > pickle - not user editable as I understand it > Well not in any reasonably pleasant way! > > What I'm really asking for is how to choose between:- > > python - just keep config in the modules/classes, not easy to use > > at 'both ends' (home and remote), otherwise quite simple > Can work at a trivial level. > As soon as things get a bit larger data and code mixed up is a recipe for > mess up. Just came across this https://github.com/henriquebastos/python-decouple/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
