def parse_info(text):

"""See test_parse.py."""

text = text.lstrip()

result = {}

if (text+':').index(':') > (text+'=').index('='):

# found a '=' before a ':' means that we have the new format

current = {0: ''}

indentation_prefix = None

for line in text.splitlines():

line = line.rstrip()

if not line:

continue

realline = line.lstrip()

indent = len(line) - len(realline)

#

# 'indentation_prefix' is set when the previous line was a [group]

if indentation_prefix is not None:

assert indent > max(current) # missing indent?

current[indent] = indentation_prefix

indentation_prefix = None

#

else:

# in case of dedent, must kill the extra items from 'current'

for n in current.keys():

if n > indent:

del current[n]

#

prefix = current[indent] # KeyError if bad dedent

#

if realline.startswith('[') and realline.endswith(']'):

indentation_prefix = prefix + realline[1:-1] + '.'

else:

# build the whole dotted key and evaluate the value

i = realline.index(' = ')

key = prefix + realline[:i]

value = realline[i+3:]

value = eval(value, {})

result[key] = value

#

else:

# old format

for line in text.splitlines():

i = line.index(':')

key = line[:i].strip()

value = line[i+1:].strip()

try:

value = int(value)

except ValueError:

if value in ('True', 'False', 'None'):

value = eval(value, {})

result[key] = value

#

return result