[Tutor] embedding lists in configuration files

[William O'Higgins Witteman]

I am looking for a way to use a plain text configuration file in a
Python program instead of hard-coded values.  The configuration data
currently is in the form of a couple of lists and some triple-quoted
strings.

I was looking at the ConfigParser module, but I cannot see how to use
this format to represent lists or triple-quoted strings.  Are there any
other suggestions?  Thanks.
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yours,

William