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, exception = False):
 try:
  config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
  config.read(conffile)
  return config.get(section, setting)
 except:
  if exception:
   raise SetupException()
  return None

def getListSetting(section, setting, exception = False):
 config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
 config.read(conffile)
 lit = config.get(section, setting)
 if lit == None and exception:
  raise SetupException()
 return ast.literal_eval(lit)