Python 3.11 introduced native TOML support with the tomllib package. This could work nicely with the flask.Config.from_file() method as an easy way to load TOML config files:

app.config.from_file("config.toml", tomllib.load)

However, tomllib.load() takes an object readable in binary mode, while flask.Config.from_file() opens a file in text mode, resulting in this error:

TypeError: File must be opened in binary mode, e.g. use `open('foo.toml', 'rb')`

We can get around this with a more verbose expression, like loading from a file opened with the built-in open() function and passing the dict to app.Config.from_mapping():

# We have to repeat the path joining that from_file() does
with open(os.path.join(app.config.root_path, "config.toml"), "rb") as file:
    app.config.from_mapping(tomllib.load(file))

But adding a file mode parameter to flask.Config.from_file() would enable the use of a simpler expression. E.g.:

app.config.from_file("config.toml", tomllib.load, mode="b")