missing configuration file fails silently

[omry]

it would be good if at least an warning was printed to tell the user that the configuration file was not found.
failing silently is a sure way to confuse the users, especially in the presence of all the default options.

pconf/pconf/store/file.py

Line 43 in 289a702

def __read_file(self, path):

[andrasmaroy]

I agree with the warning part, but I didn't want to introduce logging just for this case. It probably should at some point though.

As for failing silently it is consistent with the other options, if you don't use a command line parameter that won't make it blow up, same with environment variables, etc.

[omry]

hence warning and not an exception :)
there is a difference between specifying an incorrect file name and not specifying a file at all.

[andrasmaroy]

Yes, totally makes sense, I'll add a warning for IOErrors caught during opening files.

[andrasmaroy]

I've added a warning for this, it will be included in the next release.

[omry]

thanks.
I started my own config lib project, omegaconf.
feedback welcome.