confscript 1.5

A configuration definition language

confScript

don't think it is another *script language!!

It can do a lot..

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install via pip

pip install confscript

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let's get started!

some basic concepts:

1. headers have this syntax:

== name ==

header can be anything example: "C++" or "@(@(@(@(@!!!" anything!

2. keyword and value have this syntax:

keyword : value

here, value can be a string or number or True or False..

3. What about lists?

lists values are separated by a ","

example:

== header ==
key : value1,value2,value3

4. what separates data headers?

all headers are separated by a ---

okay? now, look at this data:

== Python ==
extensions : .py,.pyw,etc,etc
command    : python (filepath)
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== JavaC ==
extensions : .java,
command    : javac (filepath) && java (filebasename)

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Example data:

== TestingData ==
lucky word              	  : python
lucky number                  : 10
is lucky-number really lucky? : True
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== Employee ==
name: George
age: 30
country: United Kingdom
email: [e-mail]

it will become:

{'TestingData': {'lucky word': 'python', 'lucky number': 10, 'is lucky-number really lucky?': True}, 'Employee': {'name': 'George', 'age': 30, 'country': 'United Kingdom', 'email': '[e-mail]', 'IPv6 address (lol)': 'C0BE:5BC6:F8F0:FAB4:EB59:482F:C4D3:4DFD'}}

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so what's in this module?

there are 3 functions:

read(str)      : convert confscript data to python dict & return the dict
readFile(str)  : read the given file which contains the data & return the dict
dump(dict)     : convert dict to confscript & return confscript data

simple! isn't it?