Message 112617 - Python tracker

Message112617

Author	lukasz.langa
Recipients	brian.curtin, ezio.melotti, fdrake, lukasz.langa
Date	2010-08-03.14:47:57
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Message-id	<1280846879.47.0.17748830308.issue9452@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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FTR, some people questioned the purpose of read_dict(). Let me summarize this very briefly here: - the API is using dictionaries similar to those in defaults= but has one level of depth more (sections) - initializing a parser with a dictionary produces syntax that is more natural in code - having a single method implementing reading a dictionary with unit tests, support for proper duplicate handling, etc. frees users from writing their own - we need that anyway for upcoming mapping protocol access discussed in #5412 - more detailed use cases in msg112429

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FTR, some people questioned the purpose of read_dict(). Let me summarize this very briefly here:

- the API is using dictionaries similar to those in defaults= but has one level of depth more (sections)
- initializing a parser with a dictionary produces syntax that is more natural in code
- having a single method implementing reading a dictionary with unit tests, support for proper duplicate handling, etc. frees users from writing their own
- we need that anyway for upcoming mapping protocol access discussed in #5412
- more detailed use cases in msg112429

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-08-03 14:47:59	lukasz.langa	set	recipients: + lukasz.langa, fdrake, ezio.melotti, brian.curtin
2010-08-03 14:47:59	lukasz.langa	set	messageid: <1280846879.47.0.17748830308.issue9452@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-08-03 14:47:57	lukasz.langa	link	issue9452 messages
2010-08-03 14:47:57	lukasz.langa	create