[Flent-users] [tohojo/flent] Add multiple inheritance support for batch files. (#175)

From: Pete Heist <notifications@github.com>
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Subject: [Flent-users] [tohojo/flent] Add multiple inheritance support for batch files. (#175)
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:34:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tohojo/flent/pull/175@github.com> (raw)

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I don&#39;t know how interested you are in taking this, _but_, this allows sections to inherit from multiple other sections by specifying a comma separated value for inherits, for example:

```
[Batch::global]
abstract = yes
title = ${batch_title}
output_path = batch-${batch_time}-${batch_title}/${batch_name}
batch_title = flent-mi
filename_extra = extra
ip_version = 4
length = 10
hosts = apu2c

[Batch::debug]
abstract = yes
extended_metadata = yes
debug_error = yes
debug_log = yes

[Batch::tcp-upload]
inherits = global, debug
test_name = tcp_1up_noping
disabled = no
```

Batches later in the comma separated list take precedence.

This is a simple example, but I&#39;ve found that it helps me clean up a batch file where I have several batch sections that share a common configuration, but that can also benefit from importing settings specific to the test being run that is not specific to the configuration. I guess it could help any time settings are needed from more than one inheritance hierarchy.

I haven&#39;t explored the various ways that people could shoot themselves in the foot with this, but then again, they don&#39;t have to use it, and things should work the same as they do today. :)

Signed-off-by: Pete Heist &lt;pete@heistp.net&gt;
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  https://github.com/tohojo/flent/pull/175

-- Commit Summary --

  * Add multiple inheritance support for batch files.

-- File Changes --

    M flent/batch.py (11)

-- Patch Links --

https://github.com/tohojo/flent/pull/175.patch
https://github.com/tohojo/flent/pull/175.diff

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