On 2019-03-26, DL Neil <pythonl...@danceswithmice.info> wrote: > On 26/03/19 1:10 PM, Dave wrote: >> I use Python3 3, and expected learning how to use configparser would be >> no big deal. Well! Seems there is configparser, stdconfigparser, and >> safeconfigparser, and multiple ways to set the section and entries to >> the section. A little confusing. I want to future-proof may code, so >> what should I be using? > > (with apologies for not answering the question directly) > > After striking this problem, I was encouraged to take a look at JSON, > and thence YAML. Once there, as they say, didn't look back!
Friends don't let friends use YAML. Indeed, I have always assumed that YAML is a joke that got out of control, like the Flat Earth Society. It's like they chose a list of goals and then set themselves a challenge to design a solution that fails at meeting those goals in the most spectacular way possible. I mean, the original point of it was that it was a simpler replacement for XML but the YAML spec is larger than the XML spec... that can't happen by accident, right? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
