> Also my config files have (a tiny bit of) nested > structure, such as: > > Model1( > numBumps = 1 > sizeOfBumps = 2 > transversePlanes = [ > Plane(type=3, z=4), > Plane(type=5, z=6), > Plane(type=3, z=8) > ] > ) > > which I'm not sure the .ini format can easily support. I could use > (key buzzword voice) XML, but I fear that might send me down the > 'overcomplicating things' path. Your suggestion has given me some new > places to search Google (configparser, python config files), so I'll > look around for better ideas.
You may want to look into ConfigObj: http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html#config-files -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] No inventions have really significantly eased the cognitive difficulty of writing scalable concurrent applications and it is unlikely that any will in the near term. [...] Most of all, threads do not help, in fact, they make the problem worse in many cases. -- G. Lefkowitz, August 2005 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list