barak.io.parse_config¶

barak.io.parse_config(filename, defaults={})[source]¶

Read options for a configuration file.

Parameters :	filename : str or file object The configuration filename or a file object. defaults : dict A dictionary with default values for options.
Returns :	d : dictionary The options are returned as a dictionary that can also be indexed by attribute.

Notes

Ignores blank lines, lines starting with ‘#’, and anything on a line after a ‘#’. The parser attempts to convert the values to int, float or boolean, otherwise they are left as strings.

Sample format:

# this is the file with the line list
lines = lines.dat
x = 20
save = True    # save the data