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ConfigObj is a simple but powerful config file reader and writer: an ini file round tripper. Its main feature is that it is very easy to use, with a straightforward programmer’s interface and a simple syntax for config files.

List of Features

  • Nested sections (subsections), to any level

  • List values

  • Multiple line values

  • Full Unicode support

  • String interpolation (substitution)

  • Integrated with a powerful validation system

    • including automatic type checking/conversion

    • and allowing default values

    • repeated sections

  • All comments in the file are preserved

  • The order of keys/sections is preserved

  • Powerful unrepr mode for storing/retrieving Python data-types

Changelog

Unreleased

  • Drop support for EOL Python 2.6 and 3.3

  • Add support for Python 3.7

Release 5.1.0

  • Unified modules into the ‘configobj’ package (#72, #31, #32)

  • Added validate v1.1.0 shim to allow a gradual migration, rewrite your imports as from configobj.validate import … to get rid of it

  • Alternative line comment markers for more INI compatibility (#79)

  • More detailed multi-error reports (#73)

  • Added ‘decoupled’ mode to merge() (#115)

  • fix: mixed_list accepts type name variants (#110)

  • fix: Don’t quote git-style section titles (#74)

  • docs: Explicit mention of force_list and its pitfalls (#112)

Older Releases

  • Release 5.0.6 improves error messages in certain edge cases

  • Release 5.0.5 corrects a unicode-bug that still existed in writing files

  • Release 5.0.4 corrects a unicode-bug that still existed in reading files after fixing lists of string in 5.0.3

  • Release 5.0.3 corrects errors related to the incorrectly handling unicode encoding and writing out files

  • Release 5.0.2 adds a specific error message when trying to install on Python versions older than 2.5

  • Release 5.0.1 fixes a regression with unicode conversion not happening in certain cases PY2

  • Release 5.0.0 updates the supported Python versions to 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3 and is otherwise unchanged

  • Release 4.7.2 fixes several bugs in 4.7.1

  • Release 4.7.1 fixes a bug with the deprecated options keyword in 4.7.0.

  • Release 4.7.0 improves performance adds features for validation and fixes some bugs.

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