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I have been recently using Python and pyqt for UI design. Currently I am creating a popup screen where the user will select their name and click login to proceed further to use any application. My aim is to have a history of user logins stored as a collection (perhaps a list) for further manipulation.

The basic code related to the popup screen:

class Login(QDialog):
def __init__(self, parent=None):

 self.contributors=['','A','B','C']
 super(Login, self).__init__(parent)
 self.nameLabel=QLabel(self)
 self.nameLabel.setText("Select Your name")
 self.nameLabel.setAlignment(Qt.AlignHCenter)
 self.cb=QComboBox(self)
 self.cb.setGeometry(QRect(40,40,491, 31))
 self.cb.setObjectName(("comboBox"))
 self.cb.addItems(self.contributors)
 self.cb.currentIndexChanged.connect(self.getEditor)
 self.buttonLogin = QPushButton('Login', self)
 self.buttonLogin.clicked.connect(self.close)
 layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
 layout.addWidget(self.nameLabel)
 layout.addWidget(self.cb)
 layout.addWidget(self.buttonLogin)
 self.resize(600,150) 
 self.exec_()

def getEditor(self):
 text=str(self.cb.currentText()) 
 return text

if __name__ == '__main__':
 app = QApplication(sys.argv)
 login=Login()

Currently I am storing a text file with all the names selected from the combo box and manipulating it. Is there an alternative way to get a list of users who used the tool? I am trying to avoid creation of an extra text file.

I originally posted the question on StackOverflow, but reposted based on a comment there