#---------- Strongly functional code to process .ini file----------#
from string import strip, split
eq2tup = lambda s: tuple(split(s,'='))
splitnames = lambda s: split(s,']')
parts = lambda s, delim: map(strip, split(s, delim))
useful = lambda ss: filter(lambda s: s and s[0]!=';', ss)
config = map(lambda _:(_[0], map(eq2tup, useful(parts(_[1],'\n')))),
             map(splitnames, useful(parts(txt,'['))) )
pprint.pprint(config)