Even more fixes to config parsing

example.cfg

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ collections = ["default", "work"]
 type = filesystem
 path = ~/.contacts/
 fileext = .vcf
-# Create the directory if it doesn't exist: `True` or `False`
-#create = True
+# Create the directory if it doesn't exist: `true` or `false`
+#create = true
 #encoding = utf-8
 
 [storage bob_contacts_remote]

tests/utils/test_main.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 '''
 
 import click
+import pytest
 
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 import os
@@ -69,6 +70,19 @@ def test_parse_options():
         assert type(a[key]) is type(expected[key])  # flake8: noqa
 
 
+def test_parse_config_value():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        utils.parse_config_value('123  # comment!')
+
+    assert utils.parse_config_value('"123  # comment!"') == '123  # comment!'
+    assert utils.parse_config_value('True') is True
+    assert utils.parse_config_value('False') is False
+    assert utils.parse_config_value('Yes') is True
+    assert utils.parse_config_value('3.14') == 3.14
+    assert utils.parse_config_value('') == ''
+    assert utils.parse_config_velue('""') == ''
+
+
 def test_get_password_from_netrc(monkeypatch):
     username = 'foouser'
     password = 'foopass'

vdirsyncer/utils/__init__.py

@@ -66,27 +66,32 @@ def uniq(s):
 
 
 def parse_config_value(value):
-    if value in ('on', 'yes'):
+    try:
+        return json.loads(value)
+    except ValueError:
+        rv = value
+
+    if value.lower() in ('on', 'true', 'yes'):
         logger.warning('{} is deprecated for the config, please use true.\n'
                        'The old form will be removed in 0.4.0.'
                        .format(value))
         return True
-    if value in ('off', 'no'):
+    if value.lower() in ('off', 'false', 'no'):
         logger.warning('{} is deprecated for the config, please use false.\n'
                        'The old form will be removed in 0.4.0.'
                        .format(value))
         return False
-    if value == 'None':
+    if value.lower() == 'none':
         logger.warning('None is deprecated for the config, please use null.\n'
                        'The old form will be removed in 0.4.0.')
         return None
 
-    try:
-        rv = json.loads(value)
-    except ValueError:
-        rv = value
+    if '#' in value:
+        raise ValueError('Invalid value:{}\n'
+                         'Use double quotes (") if you want to use hashes in '
+                         'your value.')
 
-    if isinstance(rv, (bytes, text_type)) and len(value.splitlines()) > 1:
+    if len(value.splitlines()) > 1:
         # ConfigParser's barrier for mistaking an arbitrary line for the
         # continuation of a value is awfully low. The following example will
         # also contain the second line in the value: