kumistatus/setuptools/__init__.py

import ast, configparser

conffile = "config.cfg"

class SetupException(Exception):
 def __str__(self):
  return "Seems like config.cfg has not been created yet. Run setup.py to do so."

def getSetting(section, setting):
 config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
 config.read(conffile)
 return config.get(section, setting)

def getListSetting(section, setting):
 config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
 config.read(conffile)
 lit = config.get(section, setting)
 return ast.literal_eval(lit)