Simplest config file parser in the world!

cfg = '''
    a   = aa aaa = aaaa
b   = bbb
        c=cccccccccc


'''

split_pair = lambda s: s.split('=', 1)
strip_pair = lambda p: map(str.strip, p)
parse_rc = lambda s: map(strip_pair, map(split_pair, filter(None, s.splitlines())))
print dict(parse_rc(cfg))