Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: configobj
Version: 5.0.8
Summary: Config file reading, writing and validation.
Home-page: https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj
Author: Rob Dennis, Eli Courtwright (Michael Foord & Nicola Larosa original maintainers)
Author-email: rdennis+configobj@gmail.com, eli@courtwright.org, michael@python.org, nico@tekNico.net
License: BSD (2 clause)
Keywords: config,ini,dictionary,application,admin,sysadmin,configuration,validation
Classifier: Development Status :: 6 - Mature
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Requires-Python: >=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*
License-File: LICENSE
Requires-Dist: six

**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
---------

Release 5.0.8
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* fixing/test for a regression introduced in 5.0.7 that prevented ``import validate`` from working


Release 5.0.7
"""""""""""""

* update testing to validate against python version 2.7 and 3.5-3.11
* update broken links / non-existent services and references

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.