Custom configparser wrapper

config.py

import configparser
import itertools as it
import re

_config = configparser.ConfigParser(interpolation=configparser.ExtendedInterpolation())
_config.read('config.ini')

# expose built-in methods
get = _config.get
getboolean = _config.getboolean
getfloat = _config.getfloat
getint = _config.getint


def getlist(section, option):
    lines = get(section, option).splitlines()
    return filter(None, it.chain.from_iterable(map(lambda x: re.split('[ ,\[\]]', x), lines)))