Example of using yaml file as config file

config_example.py

# if not installed, use 
#	apt-get install python3-yaml
# or
#	pip3 install python-yaml
import yaml

def read_config( filename ):
	with open(filename, 'r') as f:
		return yaml.load(f)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	configfile = "myconfig.yml"
	print( "reading from {}".format(configfile) )
	
	config = read_config( configfile )
	print( config )

myconfig.yml

size: 8
count: 15
secret_code: P@ssw0rd
aliases:
- Mister T
- Victim 47