Re: Configparser question
Gisle Vanem via Python-list <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:30:42 +0200
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Mats Wichmann wrote:
>> A fix I use instead is to read the whole 'config.ini' myself,
>> strip the trailing comments and call
>> 'config.read_string (fixed_lines)' instead.
>>
>> But is there a simple way for all this?
>>
>
> It's described in the documentation. Recognizing Inline comments is supported, but by default they are disabled, you
> have to set a prefix when you create your ConfigParser object.
That was not obvious, but much simpler:
config = configparser.ConfigParser (strict=False, inline_comment_prefixes=("#"))
config.read ("config.ini")
Thanks!
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