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> Maybe it should try to convert variable with unknown types to
> temporary string, and then try to convert that string to the
> destination type? Conversions to/from strings should be
> always defined anyway, so it would make it easier to extend
> configuration system with new types, without the need to
> write all conversions for them (only conversions to/from
> string will be required).
An entry is of ENTRY_TYPE_UNKNOWN type only if A) the entry doesn't
really hold a variable, but it just has a read/write hook (this is the
case when you just add an hook to a "directory", but you never use the
directory key itself to store a variable) or B) there's an error in the
config system.
So IMO it makes no sense to worry about any conversion from the unknown
type...
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Angelo Mottola
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