[Catalyst] YAML Config

[Adam Herzog]

On Jul 24, 2007, at 9:43 AM, Dave Howorth wrote:
> Oleg Pronin wrote:
>> How to use other variables' values in yaml config?
>
> I always end up implementing $substition (a la shell or perl) in my  
> app.

I've used Config::General with variable interpolation to do this, in  
the past.

Although Config::General is supported by Config::Any (and therefore  
by Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader, which I'm assuming we're talking  
about), there isn't any mechanism to pass configuration to  
Config::General when it's instantiated, so it doesn't interpolate by  
default. I ended up creating my own Config::Any::General::Interpolate  
which loads files called .cnfi or .confi, and tells Config::General  
to interpolate the variables.

I think it would be better to have a mechanism in Config::Any to pass  
configuration through to Config::General, but I never bothered to  
come up with a patch or suggestion on how it should work. I guess  
maybe I should. I think I've also seen some movement towards removing  
YAML as the default config type, but maybe I just dreamed that.

-A