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JuliaIO / ConfParser.jl

Julia package for parsing configuration files
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Create file if it doesn't exist? #27

Closed pixel27 closed 5 years ago

pixel27 commented 5 years ago

I'd like to add the ability to create the configuration if it doesn't exist. My inclination would be to change:

ConfParse(filename::AbstractString, syntax::AbstractString="")

to

ConfParse(filename::AbstractString, syntax::AbstractString="", createif::Bool=false)

then modify the open to be:

fh = open(filename, !createif ? "r" : "r+")

Which would ensure it doesn't break any existing code. Does this seem reasonable? If you'd like it implemented a different way, I'd be happy to do the work if you give me an idea of how you'd like to see it.

pixel27 commented 5 years ago

I ended up just doing 

    local conf = ConfParse(filename, "simple")

    if lstat(conf_file).inode != 0
        parse_conf!(conf)
    end

in my code, it's probably cleaner.