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-rw-r--r--lib/python/milc.py17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/python/milc.py b/lib/python/milc.py
index 4392c8376a..92b1278f4c 100644
--- a/lib/python/milc.py
+++ b/lib/python/milc.py
@@ -178,8 +178,9 @@ class ConfigurationSection(Configuration):
def __getitem__(self, key):
"""Returns a config value, pulling from the `user` section as a fallback.
+ This is called when the attribute is accessed either via the get method or through [ ] index.
"""
- if key in self._config:
+ if key in self._config and self._config[key]:
return self._config[key]
elif key in self.parent.user:
@@ -187,6 +188,15 @@ class ConfigurationSection(Configuration):
return None
+ def __getattr__(self, key):
+ """Returns the config value from the `user` section.
+ This is called when the attribute is accessed via dot notation but does not exists.
+ """
+ if key in self.parent.user:
+ return self.parent.user[key]
+
+ return None
+
def handle_store_boolean(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""Does the add_argument for action='store_boolean'.
@@ -519,7 +529,10 @@ class MILC(object):
self.config[section][argument] = arg_value
else:
if argument not in self.config[section]:
- self.config[section][argument] = getattr(self.args, argument)
+ # Check if the argument exist for this section
+ arg = getattr(self.args, argument)
+ if arg:
+ self.config[section][argument] = arg
self.release_lock()