Settings File Loading Class

Basic settings loader that provides easy to use functionality to load from simple configuration files that have take the following form on every line:

• Option=Yes
• Number=20
• String=Whatever

class settings.Settings(target_file)

The Settings loader class provides simple functionality to load from simple configuration files.

__init__(target_file)

Initializes an instance of the Settings loader.

get_index(index=None, datatype=None)

Returns a loaded configuration setting from the Settings loader.

Keyword arguments:

• index – The name of the setting that is to be loaded from the file.
• datatype – The datatype that is supposed to be used to represent this setting in the return value.

get_indices()

Returns all known indices. This is a list of the indices you would use in get_index().

load(target_file)

Loads a configuration file from the hard disk.