Writing comments to files with ConfigParser

Question

How can one write comments to a given file within sections?

If I have:

import ConfigParser
with open(\'./config.ini\', \'w\') as f:
    conf = Config         


        

Answer 1

Update for 3.7

I've been dealing with configparser lately and came across this post. Figured I'd update it with information relevant to 3.7.

Example 1:

config = configparser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
config.set('SECTION', '; This is a comment.', None)

Example 2:

config = configparser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
config['SECTION'] = {'; This is a comment':None, 'Option':'Value')

Example 3: If you want to keep your letter case unchanged (default is to convert all option:value pairs to lowercase)

config = configparser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
config.optionxform = str
config.set('SECTION', '; This Comment Will Keep Its Original Case', None)

Where "SECTION" is the case-sensitive section name you want the comment added to. Using "None" (no quotes) instead of an empty string ('') will allow you to set the comment without leaving a trailing "=".