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