inih

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# inih (INI Not Invented Here)\n\n[![Tests](https://github.com/benhoyt/inih/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/benhoyt/inih/actions/workflows/tests.yml)\n\n**inih (INI Not Invented Here)** is a simple [.INI file](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file) parser written in C. It\u0027s only a couple of pages of code, and it was designed to be _small and simple_, so it\u0027s good for embedded systems. It\u0027s also more or less compatible with Python\u0027s [ConfigParser](http://docs.python.org/library/configparser.html) style of .INI files, including RFC 822-style multi-line syntax and `name: value` entries.\n\nTo use it, just give `ini_parse()` an INI file, and it will call a callback for every `name=value` pair parsed, giving you strings for the section, name, and value. It\u0027s done this way (\"SAX style\") because it works well on low-memory embedded systems, but also because it makes for a KISS implementation.\n\nYou can also call `ini_parse_file()` to parse directly from a `FILE*` object, `ini_parse_string()` to parse data from a string, or `ini_parse_stream()` to parse using a custom fgets-style reader function for custom I/O.\n\nDownload a release, browse the source, or read about [how to use inih in a DRY style](http://blog.brush.co.nz/2009/08/xmacros/) with X-Macros.\n\n\n## Compile-time options ##\n\nYou can control various aspects of inih using preprocessor defines:\n\n### Syntax options ###\n\n  * **Multi-line entries:** By default, inih supports multi-line entries in the style of Python\u0027s ConfigParser. To disable, add `-DINI_ALLOW_MULTILINE=0`.\n  * **UTF-8 BOM:** By default, inih allows a UTF-8 BOM sequence (0xEF 0xBB 0xBF) at the start of INI files. To disable, add `-DINI_ALLOW_BOM=0`.\n  * **Inline comments:** By default, inih allows inline comments with the `;` character. To disable, add `-DINI_ALLOW_INLINE_COMMENTS=0`. You can also specify which character(s) start an inline comment using `INI_INLINE_COMMENT_PREFIXES`.\n  * **Start-of-line comments:** By default, inih allo",
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