tiramisu/doc/glossary.txt

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.. default-role:: literal
glossary
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.. _configuration:
**configuration**
Global configuration object, wich contains the whole configuration
options *and* their descriptions (option types and group)
.. _`option description`:
.. _`schema`:
**schema**:
**option description**
see :api:`option.OptionDescription`, see :ref:`optionapi#schema`
The schema of a configuration :
- the option types
- how they are organised in groups or even subgroups, that's why we
call them **groups** too.
.. _`configoption`:
**configuration option**
An option object wich has a name and a value and can be accessed
from the configuration object
.. _`defaultvalue`:
**default value**
Default value of a configuration option. The default value can be
set at instanciation time, or even at any moment. Remember that if
you reset the default value, the owner reset to `default`
.. _`rules`:
**acces rules**
Access rules are : :api:`config.Config.cfgimpl_read_write()` or
:api:`config.Config.cfgimpl_read_only()`, see :doc:`status`
**freeze**
A whole configuration can be frozen (used in read only access). See
:ref:`status#frozenconfig` for details.
A single option can be frozen too.
**forced on freeze**
A single option is frozen and we want the option to return something
else than his value, for example his default value, see
:ref:`status#frozen`
.. _`valueowner`:
**value owner**
When an option is modified, including at the instanciation, we
always know who has modified it. It's the owner of the option, see
:doc:`status` for more details.
**option with properties**
an option wich has property like 'hidden' or 'disabled' is an option
wich has restricted acces rules
**hidden option**
a hidden option has a different behaviour on regards to the access
of the value in the configuration, see :doc:`status` for more details.
**disabled option**
a disabled option has a different behaviour on regards to the access
of the value in the configuration, see :doc:`status` for more details.
**fill option**
a fill option is like an automatic option except that it is
calculated only if a value hasn't been set.
**auto option**
an automatic option is an option thas is carried out by an external
calculation
.. _mandatory:
**mandatory option**
A mandatory option is a configuration option wich value has to be
set, that is the default value cannot be `None`, see
:ref:`optionapi#optioninit`
.. _consistency:
**consistency**
Preserve the consistency in a whole configuration is a tricky thing,
tiramisu takes care of it for you, see :doc:`consistency` for details.