escaping issues even in default mode

[gubenkoved]

Initially I thought there are escaping issue only when we use list_values=False, but it seems like escaping does not work properly even in default mode. Below hand-crafter value sample that is not encoded correctly even in default mode.

Sample program reproducing the issue:

import configobj


if __name__ == "__main__":
    config = configobj.ConfigObj(
        "config.ini",
        encoding='utf-8',
        # list_values=False,
    )

    print('loaded', config)

    if 'foo' not in config:
        config['foo'] = {}

    config['foo']['bar'] = '\'"""hello""" # world'

    print('before write:', config)

    config.write()
    config.reload()

    print('after reload:', config)

Produces output:

loaded {}
before write: {'foo': {'bar': '\'"""hello""" # world'}}
after reload: {'foo': {'bar': '\'"""hello'}}

Config written:

[foo]
bar = """'"""hello""" # world"""

Related: #270.

[gubenkoved]

@jhermann can you please bring some clarity and let the community to shape the expectations for the level of maintenance this project has.

I am asking because I personally expected at least some comments for the few issues I've filed there around 2 weeks ago.

If this project is no longer actively maintained that's fine, we just need to make this explicit I think.

[jelmer]

The project is still maintained, albeit not very actively. I'll see if I can follow up on some of these.

Note that jhermann isn't involved anymore; unfortunately the active branch isn't the release branch but that's the one that's the default one on github. I've made changes recently but don't have access to change this.

[gubenkoved]

Thank you @jelmer for the update, and your attention here would be highly appreciated!