[Baypiggies] Reading k=v format files

[Joshua Rodman]

On Thu, Oct 08, 2015 at 08:04:36AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> On 2015-10-08 06:32 -0700, Joshua Rodman wrote:
> 
> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2819696/parsing-properties-file-in-python/2819788#2819788
> 
> That would work, but is really more complicated than what I already do.
> Perhaps I could stick it in a local library ... but then I would have to
> create one :-) 

Agreed.

> > In my proprietary world, we put stuff outside a section in [default].
> 
> Not possible for me because it has to be shell syntax (see OP).

I meant our ini parser considers these files identical:

file1:
    [default]
    pie=apple
    swingset=4seats

file2:
    pie=apple
    swingset=4seats

It seems an obvious dialect which would cover the the common case of
"I don't care about these sections." 

It would also make them shell-compatible, modulo whitespace, quoting,
booleans, etc.
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