gistfile1.py

# This is the API everything inherits from

class GenericApplicationConfigurationClass(object):
  def initialize(self):
    self.looper = Looper()



# And the small, configuration-only script I intend to write for each specific case

class SetUpMyApplication(GenericApplicationConfigurationClass):
  def initialize(self):
    # boilerplate
    self.looper.configure |looper|
      looper.set_height(height())

  def height(self):
    20