AppConfig and % interpolation

Ivan

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Sep 27, 2016, 9:43:24 AM9/27/16

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

Niphlod

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Sep 27, 2016, 9:52:40 AM9/27/16

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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

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Sep 27, 2016, 10:15:45 AM9/27/16

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I don't want to interpolate.

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

Niphlod

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Sep 27, 2016, 11:30:21 AM9/27/16

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

Ivan

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Sep 27, 2016, 12:56:10 PM9/27/16

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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

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Sep 27, 2016, 3:10:16 PM9/27/16

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

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