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• Registry API docs

Packages in other languages

• C#/.NET

  • GetValue/SetValue
  • RegistryKey class (source)

• Python

• Ruby Win32/Registry

• Perl TieRegistry

• Perl Registry (deprecated)

• Go

• Rust

Proposal

Based on the C# model, provide 2 different interfaces:

Simple interface

• WinReg.getvalue(keypath::AbstractString, name::AbstractString): queries the key/name, throws an error if it doesn't exist.
• WinReg.getvalue(keypath::AbstractString, name::AbstractString, default): queries the key/name, returns default if it doesn't exist
• WinReg.setvalue!(keypath, name, value): sets value at key, creating it if it doesn't exist

RegKey interface

Uses RegKey <: Associative{String, Any} objects

• WinReg.openkey(keypath::AbstractString; permissions=..., create=true): returns a RegKey object, using permissions, create determines whether to create it if it doesn't exist.
• WinReg.openkey(regkey::RegKey, subkey::AbstractString): opens a subkey of key.
• WinReg.deletesubkey!(regkey::RegKey, subkey::AbstractString)
• WinReg.iskey(keypath) check if key exists

For a given regkey::RegKey:

• regkey[name]: queries key/value
• get(regkey, name, default)
• keys(regkey) gives a KeyIterator{RegKey}, similar to EnvHash.
  • name in keys(regkey) if value with name is defined.