Load a ratdb file into a python dict using yaml and json_minify

LoadRatDB.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Author P G Jones - 13/07/2012 <p.g.jones@qmul.ac.uk>
# This script parses a ratdb file and loads the information into a python dict
import yaml # Needs installing, not part of the standard python library
import sys
from minify_json import json_minify # Available from https://github.com/getify/JSON.minify

def LoadRatDB( fileName ):
    """ Load a ratdb file and return a dictionary of the contents."""
    ratDBFile = open( fileName, "r" )
    dataDict = yaml.load( json_minify( ratDBFile.read(), False ) )
    ratDBFile.close()
    return dataDict