diff -r 831e08e94960 -r 2f1ccadee231 eric7/Plugins/WizardPlugins/SetupWizard/SetupCfgUtilities.py
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/eric7/Plugins/WizardPlugins/SetupWizard/SetupCfgUtilities.py Sat Jul 02 18:53:56 2022 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>
+#
+
+"""
+Module implementing some utility functions for setup.cfg creation.
+"""
+
+#
+# http://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#specifying-values
+#
+# str - simple string
+# list-comma - dangling list or string of comma-separated values
+# list-semi - dangling list or string of semicolon-separated values
+# bool - True is 1, yes, true
+# dict - list-comma where keys are separated from values by =
+#
+
+def _bool2string(value):
+ """
+ Function to convert a bool value to a setup.cfg string.
+
+ @param value bool value to be converted
+ @type bool
+ @return setup.cfg string
+ @rtype str
+ """
+ return "True" if value else "False"
+
+
+def _list2string(value):
+ """
+ Function to convert a list value to a setup.cfg string.
+
+ @param value list value to be converted
+ @type list
+ @return setup.cfg string
+ @rtype str
+ """
+ if value:
+ return "\n{0}".format("\n".join(sorted(filter(None, value))))
+
+
+def _dict2list(value):
+ """
+ Function to convert a dict value to a setup.cfg list string.
+
+ @param value dict value to be converted
+ @type dict
+ @yield setup.cfg string
+ @ytype str
+ """
+ for k, v in value.items():
+ yield "{0} = {1}".format(k, v)
+
+
+def _dict2string(value):
+ """
+ Function to convert a dict value to a setup.cfg string.
+
+ @param value dict value to be converted
+ @type dict
+ @return setup.cfg string
+ @rtype str
+ """
+ return _list2string(list(_dict2list(value)))
+
+def toString(value):
+ """
+ Function to convert a value to a setup.cfg string
+
+ @param value value to be converted
+ @type bool, list, set, tuple or dict
+ @return setup.cfg string
+ @rtype str
+ """
+ if isinstance(value, bool):
+ return _bool2string(value)
+ if isinstance(value, (list, set, tuple)):
+ return _list2string(value)
+ if isinstance(value, dict):
+ return _dict2string(value)
+ return str(value).rstrip()
