function cfg.parser ()
{
IFS=$’\n’ && ini=( $(<$1) ) # convert to line-array
ini=( ${ini[*]//;*/} ) # remove comments ‘;’
ini=( ${ini[*]//\#*/} ) # remove comments ‘#’
ini=( ${ini[*]/\ =\ /=} ) # remove anything with a space around ‘ = ‘
ini=( ${ini[*]/#[/\}$'\n'cfg.section.} ) # set section prefix
ini=( ${ini[*]/%]/ \(} ) # convert text2function (1)
ini=( ${ini[*]/=/=\( } ) # convert item to array
ini=( ${ini[*]/%/ \)} ) # close array parenthesis
ini=( ${ini[*]/%\( \)/\(\) \{} ) # convert text2function (2)
ini=( ${ini[*]/%\} \)/\}} ) # remove extra parenthesis
ini=( ${ini[*]/#\ */} ) # remove blank lines
ini=( ${ini[*]/#\ */} ) # remove blank lines with tabs
ini[0]=” # remove first element
ini[${#ini[*]} + 1]=’}’ # add the last brace
#printf “%s\n” ${ini[*]}
eval “$(echo “${ini[*]}”)” # eval the result
}