Parsing configure file with same section name in python

Question

I try to parse file like:

[account]
User = first

[account]
User = second

I use ConfigParser in Python, but when i read file:

Answer 1

" If you're deviating from an RFC standard and creating your own config format, you're going to have to write your own parser." This http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1110829 worked for me. I made a couple of small changes. ** formatting did not come out correctly when posted

def configToDict(file):
# open the file
file = open('settings.cfg')

# create an empty dict
sections = {}

for line in file.readlines():
    # get rid of the newline
    line = line[:-1]
    try:
        # this will break if you have whitespace on the "blank" lines
        if line:
            # skip comment lines
            if line[0] == '#': next
            # this assumes everything starts on the first column
            if line[0] == '[':
                # strip the brackets
                section = line[1:-1]
                # create a new section if it doesn't already exist
                if not sections.has_key(section):
                    sections[section] = {}
            else:
                # split on first the equal sign
                (key, val) = line.split('=', 1)
                # create the attribute as a list if it doesn't
                # exist under the current section, this will
                # break if there's no section set yet
                if not sections[section].has_key(key):
                    sections[section][key] = []
                # append the new value to the list
                sections[section][key].append(val)
    except Exception as e:
        print str(e) + "line:" +line
return sections