def load_config(): from os.path import join, isdir cparser = ConfigParser() try: cparser.read([ join(cdir, XDG_CONF_RESOURCE, CONF_FILE_NAME) for cdir in xdg_config_dirs if isdir(cdir)]) if cparser.has_section(CONF_SECTION): conf_dict.update(dict(cparser.iterms(CONF_SECTION))) except: pass