Configuration file feature request revisited now that concerns addressed

[NeilGirdhar]

describe the request

Now that the situation has significantly changed, I would humbly like to request support for configuration using pyproject.toml. Apologies for not contacting the maintainer privately as requested, but I believe this should be on the tracker so that the community can observe any discussion!

In #234, Aaron wrote that the two blockers are:

• pip to change its behaviour so mere presence of the file does not change functionality, and
• python to consider adding a standard library toml implementation.

The problem with Pip is summarized in pypa/pip#6433 and pypa/pip#6434 and solved by pypa/pip#6442.

PEP 680 added tomllib to Python 3.11. Before that, equivalent library support is provided by the stable tomli.

Are there any other blockers for pyproject.toml support? If not, it appears that a patch would be quite short.

[asottile]

• neither of the pip issues you linked are related
• you did not read the issue template: NOTE: if you ask about pyproject.toml your issue will be closed as a duplicate of #234