Preserve case in ConfigParser?

Question

I have tried to use Python\'s ConfigParser module to save settings. For my app it\'s important that I preserve the case of each name in my sections. The docs mention that pa

Answer 1

I know this question is answered, but I thought some people might find this solution useful. This is a class that can easily replace the existing ConfigParser class.

Edited to incorporate @OozeMeister's suggestion:

class CaseConfigParser(ConfigParser):
    def optionxform(self, optionstr):
        return optionstr

Usage is the same as normal ConfigParser.

parser = CaseConfigParser()
parser.read(something)

This is so you avoid having to set optionxform every time you make a new ConfigParser, which is kind of tedious.