[fpc-pascal] TInifile does not handle " " (space) as a value.

[Sven Barth]

Am 15.08.2017 11:17 schrieb "Michael Van Canneyt" <michael at freepascal.org>:
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> On Mon, 14 Aug 2017, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
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>> On 2017-08-04 08:47, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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>>>> Is this considered a bug or "by design"?
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>>> This is by design.
>>> As you said, whitespace is not so well defined.
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>> Torsten, if you can, maybe switch to JSON files for config setting
instead. I have had fantastic success with JSON files in such a way. If it
doesn't yet exist (it probably does), one could write a API wrapper (think
Adapter design pattern) giving JSON files the same or very similar
interface to TINIFile - it could be handy for a transition period.
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> You ask, we deliver. Revision 36913, package fcl-json.
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> Unit jsonini.pp contains TJSONIniFile. It is a descendent of
TCustomIniFile.
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> Class method TJSONIniFile.ConvertIni will convert an .ini file to a .json
file.
> It attempts to use native types when possible.
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> ini2json example program included.
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> One item scratched off my long TODO list ;)

Not entirely: "make install" fails. It complains about missing jsonini.rst
file :P

Regards,
Sven
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