[tor-bugs] #8055 [Ooni]: Convert config file to be a singleton instance

Fri Jan 25 12:36:27 UTC 2013

#8055: Convert config file to be a singleton instance
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 Reporter:  hellais          |          Owner:  hellais
     Type:  enhancement      |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal           |      Milestone:         
Component:  Ooni             |        Version:         
 Keywords:  ooni, ooni_easy  |         Parent:         
   Points:                   |   Actualpoints:         
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 The config.py currently uses some hacks to make sure that it does not get
 instanced twice. What we should actually be using is a metaclass
 constructor that looks like the one evilaliv3 wrote for GlobaLeaks.

 This is the class:
 https://github.com/globaleaks/GLBackend/blob/c900929c8893ed5da47ea057845dfce486f25a26/globaleaks/utils/singleton.py

 And this is how it's used:

 https://github.com/globaleaks/GLBackend/blob/c900929c8893ed5da47ea057845dfce486f25a26/globaleaks/config.py#L56

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