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Overview
========
The app uses a global :term:`config object` to keep track of its
:term:`config settings<config setting>`. See also :doc:`object`.
The app must call :func:`~wuttjamaican.conf.make_config()` during
startup to obtain the config object.
Values come (mostly) from :term:`config files<config file>` and/or the
:term:`settings table`. See also :doc:`settings`.
Values are always strings in their raw format, as returned by
:meth:`~wuttjamaican.conf.WuttaConfig.get()`. But the config object
also has methods to coerce values to various types, e.g.:
* :meth:`~wuttjamaican.conf.WuttaConfig.get_bool()`
* :meth:`~wuttjamaican.conf.WuttaConfig.get_int()`
* :meth:`~wuttjamaican.conf.WuttaConfig.get_list()`
The config object is also responsible for creating the :term:`app
handler`::
from wuttjamaican.conf import make_config
config = make_config()
app = config.get_app()
if config.get_bool('foo.bar'):
print('YES for foo.bar')
else:
print('NO for foo.bar')
with app.short_session() as session:
print(session.bind)