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1 Metadata-Version: 2.1 |
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2 Name: configparser |
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3 Version: 5.0.2 |
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4 Summary: Updated configparser from Python 3.8 for Python 2.6+. |
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5 Home-page: https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/ |
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6 Author: Ćukasz Langa |
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7 Author-email: lukasz@langa.pl |
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8 Maintainer: Jason R. Coombs |
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9 Maintainer-email: jaraco@jaraco.com |
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10 License: UNKNOWN |
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11 Keywords: configparser ini parsing conf cfg configuration file |
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12 Platform: any |
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13 Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable |
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14 Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers |
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15 Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License |
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16 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 |
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17 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only |
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18 Requires-Python: >=3.6 |
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19 Provides-Extra: docs |
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20 Requires-Dist: sphinx ; extra == 'docs' |
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21 Requires-Dist: jaraco.packaging (>=8.2) ; extra == 'docs' |
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22 Requires-Dist: rst.linker (>=1.9) ; extra == 'docs' |
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23 Provides-Extra: testing |
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24 Requires-Dist: pytest (>=4.6) ; extra == 'testing' |
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25 Requires-Dist: pytest-checkdocs (>=1.2.3) ; extra == 'testing' |
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26 Requires-Dist: pytest-flake8 ; extra == 'testing' |
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27 Requires-Dist: pytest-cov ; extra == 'testing' |
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28 Requires-Dist: pytest-enabler ; extra == 'testing' |
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29 Requires-Dist: pytest-black (>=0.3.7) ; (platform_python_implementation != "PyPy") and extra == 'testing' |
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30 Requires-Dist: pytest-mypy ; (platform_python_implementation != "PyPy") and extra == 'testing' |
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32 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/configparser.svg |
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33 :target: `PyPI link`_ |
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35 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/configparser.svg |
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36 :target: `PyPI link`_ |
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38 .. _PyPI link: https://pypi.org/project/configparser |
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40 .. image:: https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/workflows/tests/badge.svg |
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41 :target: https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/actions?query=workflow%3A%22tests%22 |
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42 :alt: tests |
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46 :alt: Code style: Black |
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48 .. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/configparser/badge/?version=latest |
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49 :target: https://configparser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest |
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52 :target: https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/pypi-configparser?utm_source=pypi-configparser&utm_medium=readme |
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55 This package is a backport of the refreshed and enhanced ConfigParser from |
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56 later Python versions. To use the backport instead of the built-in version, |
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57 simply import it explicitly as a backport:: |
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59 from backports import configparser |
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61 To use the backport on Python 2 and the built-in version on |
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62 Python 3, use the standard invocation:: |
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64 import configparser |
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66 For detailed documentation consult the vanilla version at |
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67 http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html. |
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69 Why you'll love ``configparser`` |
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72 Whereas almost completely compatible with its older brother, ``configparser`` |
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73 sports a bunch of interesting new features: |
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75 * full mapping protocol access (`more info |
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76 <http://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#mapping-protocol-access>`_):: |
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78 >>> parser = ConfigParser() |
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79 >>> parser.read_string(""" |
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80 [DEFAULT] |
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87 title = Main Menu |
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88 color = green |
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91 title = Options |
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92 """) |
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93 >>> parser['main']['color'] |
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94 'green' |
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95 >>> parser['main']['editable'] |
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96 'no' |
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99 'Options' |
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100 >>> section['title'] = 'Options (editable: %(editable)s)' |
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102 'Options (editable: no)' |
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106 users. Don't need interpolation? Simply use |
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224 ``configparser.py`` accordingly. Optionally, run the tests on a late |
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225 Python 3. Commit. |
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227 3. Merge the new commit to ``master``. Run tests. Commit. |
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229 4. Make any compatibility changes on ``master``. Run tests. Commit. |
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231 5. Update the docs and release the new version. |
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235 --------- |
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237 .. [1] To somewhat ease migration, passing bytestrings is still supported but |
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238 they are converted to Unicode for internal storage anyway. This means |
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239 that for the vast majority of strings used in configuration files, it |
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240 won't matter if you pass them as bytestrings or Unicode. However, if you |
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241 pass a bytestring that cannot be converted to Unicode using the naive |
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242 ASCII codec, a ``UnicodeDecodeError`` will be raised. This is purposeful |
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243 and helps you manage proper encoding for all content you store in |
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244 memory, read from various sources and write back. |
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246 .. [2] Life gets much easier when you understand that you basically manage |
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247 **text** in your application. You don't care about bytes but about |
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248 letters. In that regard the concept of content encoding is meaningless. |
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249 The only time when you deal with raw bytes is when you write the data to |
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250 a file. Then you have to specify how your text should be encoded. On |
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251 the other end, to get meaningful text from a file, the application |
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252 reading it has to know which encoding was used during its creation. But |
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253 once the bytes are read and properly decoded, all you have is text. This |
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255 sources. Even if each of them uses a different encoding, inside your |
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256 application data is held in abstract text form. You can program your |
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257 business logic without worrying about which data came from which source. |
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258 You can freely exchange the data you store between sources. Only |
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259 reading/writing files requires encoding your text to bytes. |
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