add utils.Setting.format() so subtypes can format differently

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/modules/config.py b/modules/config.py
index 3fc03ba2..ee5d193a 100644
--- a/modules/config.py
+++ b/modules/config.py
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
                     target.del_setting(setting)
                     return ConfigResult(ConfigResults.Removed)
                 else:
-                    return ConfigResult(ConfigResults.Retrieved, existing_value)
+                    formatted = export_settings[setting].format(existing_value)
+                    return ConfigResult(ConfigResults.Retrieved, formatted)
             else:
                 raise ConfigSettingInexistent()
 
diff --git a/src/utils/__init__.py b/src/utils/__init__.py
index 80b82737..edb7277a 100644
--- a/src/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/utils/__init__.py
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ class Setting(object):
     def _format_example(self):
         return None
 
+    def format(self, value: typing.Any):
+        return repr(value)
+
 SETTING_TRUE = ["true", "yes", "on", "y"]
 SETTING_FALSE = ["false", "no", "off", "n"]
 class BoolSetting(Setting):