AppConfig and % interpolation

[Ivan]

If the .ini file contains an option with a % (eg a password), the AppConfig class raise an InterpolationSyntaxError exception.

[Niphlod]

and it's correct that it does, as it can work with json with doesn't have any interpolation facilities. if you want to interpolate, for the moment, use your app's code.

[Ivan]

I don't want to interpolate.

I have an option with a % inside and the AppConfig raises an exception.

[Niphlod]

hum. did you try excaping the % with % , which means basically having %% instead of % ?

[Ivan]

escaping % with % solves the problem

however I think it would be better to not force the user to escape each % in a .ini file

the exception comes from the ConfigParser python module (more precisely SafeConfigParser) used in AppConfig

maybe a better solution is to use RawConfigParser that doesn't interpolate at all

[Niphlod]

yep, ATM I'd go for rawconfigparser but someone asked for interpolation .... so we have two distinct "paths" . Just need to rule out one ^_^