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Update Doc/library/plistlib.rst
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gh-101992: update plistlib examples to be runnable
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dtrodrigues committed Feb 17, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ Examples

Generating a plist::

import datetime
import plistlib

pl = dict(
aString = "Doodah",
aList = ["A", "B", 12, 32.1, [1, 2, 3]],
Expand All @@ -172,13 +175,20 @@ Generating a plist::
),
someData = b"<binary gunk>",
someMoreData = b"<lots of binary gunk>" * 10,
aDate = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(time.gmtime())),
aDate = datetime.datetime.now()
)
with open(fileName, 'wb') as fp:
dump(pl, fp)
with open("blah.plist", 'wb') as fp:
plistlib.dump(pl, fp)

Parsing a plist::

with open(fileName, 'rb') as fp:
pl = load(fp)
print(pl["aKey"])
import plistlib

plist = b"""<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>foo</key>
<string>bar</string>
</dict>
</plist>"""
pl = plistlib.loads(plist)
print(pl["foo"])