Re: Parsing config files in a directory

On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 00:38 -0400, Greg Smith wrote:
> new feature

One additional point that would be useful is a way to match up the usage
of custom_variable_classes with this new style of .conf file processing.

At the moment if you wish to add a custom variable class everybody needs
to edit the *same* parameter. Finding which one to edit could be a
little difficult with a whole directory to search in.

I propose a new form of processing for that variable: each new parameter
instance is added to last one, rather than replacing it.
e.g.
custom_variable_class = 'x'
custom_variable_class = 'y'
custom_variable_class = 'z'
is equivalent to
custom_variable_classes = 'x,y,z'

That allows NewFeatureX to drop in a file called "newfeaturex.conf",
which looks like this

custom_variable_class = 'newfeaturex'
newfeaturex.param1 = x
newfeaturex.param2 = y
newfeaturex.param3 = z

This requires no editing of any other files, just a straight drop in.
That will make it much easier to produce real installers/deinstallers
for add-in modules.

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