Keep ConfigParser output files sorted

Question

I\'ve noticed with my source control that the content of the output files generated with ConfigParser is never in the same order. Sometimes sections will change place or opt

Answer 1

No. The ConfigParser library writes things out in dictionary hash order. (You can see this if you look at the source code.) There are replacements for this module that do a better job.

I will see if I can find one and add it here.

http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html#introduction is the one I was thinking of. It's not a drop-in replacement, but it is very easy to use.