On 2015-08-05 06:37, Rustom Mody wrote: > > config = {} > > with open('config.ini') as f: > > for row in f: > > row = row.strip() > > if not row or row.startswith(('#', ';')): > > continue > > k, _, v = row.partition('=') > > config[k.strip().upper()] = v.lstrip() > > > > which is pretty straight-forward and easy format to edit. > > > > -tkc > > JSON handles basic types like this: > >>> from json import loads > >>> loads("""{"anInt":1, "aString":"2"}""") > {'aString': '2', 'anInt': 1}
But requires the person hand-editing the file to make sure that opening braces close, that quoted text is properly opened/closed, has peculiarities regarding things following back-slashes, etc. There's a certain simplicity to simply having key/value pairs separated by an "=" and then letting the application do whatever it needs/wants with those key/value strings. -tkc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list