Elektra  0.9.2
Holes in KeySets

Problem

Config files ideally do not copy any structure if they only want to set a single key.

Constraints

  • strongly hierarchically structured data must still be supported

Assumptions

Considered Alternatives

  • data structure is always complete
  • to not allow "directory values" or "directory metadata"

Decision

  • support holes in KeySet
  • See hierarchy example for how to implement a hierarchy that gets rid of the problem that holes might create when iterating over KeySet.

Rationale

Implications

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