Allow empty config settings for settings loader if only loading is needed

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # MARK: Project info
 [project]
 name = "corelibs"
-version = "0.22.4"
+version = "0.22.5"
 description = "Collection of utils for Python scripts"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"

src/corelibs/config_handling/settings_loader.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class SettingsLoader:
     def load_settings(
         self,
         config_id: str,
-        config_validate: dict[str, list[str]],
+        config_validate: dict[str, list[str]] | None = None,
         allow_not_exist: bool = False
     ) -> dict[str, str]:
         """
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class SettingsLoader:
         settings: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {
             config_id: {},
         }
+        if config_validate is None:
+            config_validate = {}
         if self.config_parser is not None:
             try:
                 # load all data as is, validation is done afterwards

test-run/config_handling/settings_loader.py

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def main():
 
     try:
         config_load = 'LoadTest'
-        config_data = sl.load_settings(config_load, {})
+        config_data = sl.load_settings(config_load)
         print(f"[{config_load}] Load: {config_load} -> {dump_data(config_data)}")
     except ValueError as e:
         print(f"Could not load settings: {e}")

uv.lock

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "corelibs"
-version = "0.22.4"
+version = "0.22.5"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "jmespath" },