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diff --git a/confparser.py b/confparser.py
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+#!python3
+
+__all__ = ['read_conf']
+
+import csv
+
+class conf_dialect(csv.Dialect):
+    delimiter = '='
+    quotechar = '"'
+    escapechar = '\\'
+    doublequote = True
+    skipinitialspace = True
+    lineterminator = '\n'
+    quoting = csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL
+
+def genestrip(geneorg):
+    for line in geneorg:
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not len(line) or line.startswith('#'):
+            continue
+        yield line
+
+def read_conf(filename):
+    with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf8') as linegen:
+        reader = csv.reader(genestrip(linegen), dialect=conf_dialect)
+        dic = {row[0].strip(): row[1] for row in reader if len(row) >= 2}
+    return dic
diff --git a/confparser_test.py b/confparser_test.py
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+#!python3
+
+import tempfile
+import confparser
+
+def parse_test():
+    msg = '''\
+# comment with ":" and "=" in it: :=
+a= Test
+
+  # another comment with space and := tada
+b = "Test of a long string"
+
+# third comment
+c=What do YOU want ? ''
+d = value with a squote at the end '
+e = value with a dquote at the end "
+f = "value with a \\" inside"
+x.y.z = there you can have a full tree of parameters
+'''
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w', encoding='utf8') as f:
+        f.write(msg)
+        print('Following lines have been written to the file:')
+        print('-'*40)
+        print(msg)
+        print('-'*40)
+        f.flush()
+        dic = confparser.read_conf(f.name)
+    print('read dic:', dic)
+    dictest = {
+        'a': 'Test',
+        'b': 'Test of a long string',
+        'c': "What do YOU want ? ''",
+        'd': 'value with a squote at the end \'',
+        'e': 'value with a dquote at the end "',
+        'f': 'value with a " inside',
+        'x.y.z': 'there you can have a full tree of parameters',
+    }
+    if dic != dictest:
+        a = set(dictest.keys())
+        b = set(dic.keys())
+        if a != b:
+            diff = a.difference(b).union(b.difference(a))
+            raise Exception('not same keys between two dicts:', diff)
+        a = set(dictest.values())
+        b = set(dic.values())
+        if a != b:
+            diff = a.difference(b).union(b.difference(a))
+            raise Exception('differences between two set of values:', diff)