Remove general toml

docs/source/usage/cli.rst

@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ column is ``data_free``. It is also required to set the number of rows under the
 
    .. code-block:: toml
 
-      [general]
       n_rows = 100
 
 

examples/example_config.toml

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Example toml file as input for metasyn
 
-[general]
 dist_providers = ["builtin", "metasyn-disclosure"]
 
-[general.privacy]
+[privacy]
 name = "disclosure"
 parameters = {n_avg = 11}
 

metasyn/config.py

@@ -80,14 +80,13 @@ def from_toml(cls, config_fp: Union[str, Path]) -> MetaConfig:
         """
         with open(config_fp, "rb") as handle:
             config_dict = tomllib.load(handle)
-        general = config_dict.get("general", {})
         var_list = config_dict.pop("var", [])
-        n_rows = general.pop("n_rows", None)
-        dist_providers = general.pop("dist_providers", ["builtin"])
-        privacy = general.pop("privacy", {"name": "none", "parameters": {}})
-        if len(general) > 0:
+        n_rows = config_dict.pop("n_rows", None)
+        dist_providers = config_dict.pop("dist_providers", ["builtin"])
+        privacy = config_dict.pop("privacy", {"name": "none", "parameters": {}})
+        if len(config_dict) > 0:
             raise ValueError(f"Error parsing configuration file '{config_fp}'."
-                             f" Unknown keys detected: '{list(general)}'")
+                             f" Unknown keys detected: '{list(config_dict)}'")
         return cls(var_list, dist_providers, privacy, n_rows=n_rows)
 
     def to_dict(self) -> dict:

tests/data/example_config.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # Example toml file as input for metasyn
-
-[general]
 dist_providers = ["builtin"]
 
 

tests/data/no_data_config.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # Example toml file as input for metasyn
-
-[general]
 n_rows = 100