Config — Database Pool (INI)
Tiny SAMPLE INI config fixture (database-pool) for parser and twin tests.
[database]
host = db.sample.example
port = 5432
pool_size = 8
ssl = require
Specifications
- Role
- config-twin
- Wave
- I
- Format
- ini
What is a .ini file?
INI is an informal configuration format organizing key-value pairs under bracketed section headers, with comment lines and no strict standard. Parsing details like comment characters, quoting, and nesting vary between implementations. It is a long-standing choice for simple application and system configuration.
How to use this file
Use an example INI file to test section and key-value parsing, comment handling, and configuration loaders that must tolerate dialect differences.
How to use this file for testing
“Config — Database Pool (INI)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Config parsing, Editor testing. TOML and INI configuration files with nested sections and typed values — for testing config parsers and loaders.
Documented properties for this file: config-twin · ini. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
Data fixtures document their exact quirks — delimiters, encodings, null handling, schema, and row counts — in the spec table. Point your parser or importer at the file and assert it handles the documented edge cases; clean and deliberately-messy siblings make before/after diffs straightforward.
Point your config loader at the file and assert it reads the documented sections and typed values, including any deliberately-tricky nesting or comments.
Code examples
import configparser
c = configparser.ConfigParser()
c.read("database-pool.ini")
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