Jon Ribbens <jon+use...@unequivocal.eu> writes: > On 2024-10-30, Loris Bennett <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> wrote: >> Jon Ribbens <jon+use...@unequivocal.eu> writes: >>> As per the docs you link to, the read() method only takes filename(s) >>> as arguments, if you have an already-open file you want to read then >>> you should use the read_file() method instead. >> >> As you and others have pointed out, this is indeed covered in the docs, >> so mea culpa. >> >> However, whereas I can see why you might want to read the config from a >> dict or a string, what would be a use case in which I would want to >> read from an open file rather than just reading from a file(name)? > > The ConfigParser module provides read(), read_file(), read_string(), > and read_dict() methods. I think they were just trying to be > comprehensive. It's a bit non-Pythonic really.
OK, but is there a common situation might I be obliged to use 'read_file'? I.e. is there some common case where the file name is not available, only a corresponding file-like object or stream? -- This signature is currently under constuction. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
