dictconfigparser.py

import ConfigParser

class DictConfigParser(ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser):

    def __getitem__(self, name):
        d = {}
        for item in self.items(name):
            d[item[0]] = item[1]
        return d

test_dictconfigparser.py

import unittest
import io
from dictconfigparser import DictConfigParser

s = """
[mysqld]
user = mysql
pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
skip-external-locking
old_passwords = 1
skip-bdb
skip-innodb
"""

class TestDictConfigParser(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_basic(self):
        config = DictConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
        config.readfp(io.BytesIO(s))
        self.assertEqual(config['mysqld']['user'], 'mysql')
        self.assertEqual(config['mysqld']['pid-file'], '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid')
        self.assertEqual(config['mysqld']['skip-external-locking'], '')
        self.assertEqual(config['mysqld']['old_passwords'], '1')
        self.assertEqual(config['mysqld']['skip-bdb'], '')
        self.assertEqual(config['mysqld']['skip-innodb'], '')
        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
            config['mysqld']['foo']

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()