For a dev: IniRead default string return value

[atomman]

I'm just curious as to the thinking behind IniRead returning the default string only if the key isn't found. Why not return the default string if the key isn't found OR there is no value for the key?

Reason i ask is because if the key is written, but then the user deletes the value, it seems like it would be easier to set the default value by using the default IniRead string instead of having to do if/else statements or whatever.

[MrCreatoR]

I agree, it would be a lot better to have such ability...

But once the IniRead function find a Key, "Default" can not be used, now all depends on the value of that key - even if its "" (empty string).. so we have to check: If $IniRead = "" Then $IniRead = $OurDefault

P.S

Perhaps you should/could make an AutoIt Feature Request on that one.

[atomman]

thanks for reply

i put in a feature request

[Jos]

I'm just curious as to the thinking behind IniRead returning the default string only if the key isn't found. Why not return the default string if the key isn't found OR there is no value for the key?

Reason i ask is because if the key is written, but then the user deletes the value, it seems like it would be easier to set the default value by using the default IniRead string instead of having to do if/else statements or whatever.

In my humble opinion when the key is present in the INI file, it should return its value regardless what it is.

Sounds much more logical to me

[Bowmore]

I'm just curious as to the thinking behind IniRead returning the default string only if the key isn't found. Why not return the default string if the key isn't found OR there is no value for the key?

Reason i ask is because if the key is written, but then the user deletes the value, it seems like it would be easier to set the default value by using the default IniRead string instead of having to do if/else statements or whatever.

In my opinion the current behaviour of IniRead() is correct.

A missing key and an empty key are very different things.

I have a number of applications written in several different programming languages that use ini files and they all have keys that are sometimes deliberately have no value set. Having IniRead() return the default value would break these applications.

In situations where a particular empty key is not a valid value I add my own code to handle the situation.

[atomman]

Yeah, i'm starting to understand the logic here, i just haven't taken advantage of empty key values yet.