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  1. Qt for Python
  2. PYSIDE-1010

Data type in QSettings

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • P2: Important
    • 5.12.5, 5.13.1
    • 5.12.2
    • PySide
    • None
    • All
    • 78dad8180d797a647645b74255bfc29c46d7264a (pyside/pyside-setup/5.12)

    Description

      The following code stores a list with QSettings:

      from PySide2 import QtCore
      
      settings = QtCore.QSettings('Foo', 'Bar')
      if settings.value('ids') is None:
          item_list = ['a', 'b', 'c']
          settings.setValue('ids', item_list)
      else:
          r = settings.value('ids')
          print(r, type(r))
      

      The previous code must be executed twice, in the first execution it saves the list, and in the second execution the list is obtained correctly.

      ['a', 'b', 'c'] <class 'list'>
      

      But if you pass a list of a single element of type string in the second invocation you get as a string instead of the list:

      from PySide2 import QtCore
      
      settings = QtCore.QSettings('Foo2', 'Bar2')
      if settings.value('ids') is None:
          item_list = ['a']
          settings.setValue('ids', item_list)
      else:
          r = settings.value('ids')
          print(r, type(r))
      

      Output:

      a <class 'str'>
      

      In PyQt5, the QSettings::value() method has an argument that can be used to indicate the type of data that is expected to avoid this type of problem.

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              crmaurei Cristian Maureira-Fredes
              eyllanesc Edwin Christian Yllanes Cucho
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