from UserDict import UserDict

class configs(UserDict):
    
    def __init__(self, iniFile='config.ini'):
        self.data = self._load_(iniFile)
    
    def _load_(self, iniFile='config.ini', raw=False, vars=None):
        """Convert an INI file to a dictionary"""
        import ConfigParser
        config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
        config.read(iniFile)
        result = {}
        for section in config.sections():
            if section not in result:
                result[section] = {}
            for option in config.options(section):
                value = config.get(section, option, raw, vars)
                result[section][option] = value
        return result
    
    def dump(self, iniFile='config.ini'):
        """Convert an dictionary to a INI file"""
        import ConfigParser
        config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
        config_dict = self.data
        for section, values in config_dict.items():
            config.add_section(section)
            for var_name, var_value in values.items():
                config.set(section, var_name, var_value)
        config.write(open(iniFile, 'w'))

[first]
aa = 1
ba = 2
[second]
ab = 3
bb = 4

>>>conf=ConPars2Dict2.configs('sample.ini')
>>>print conf
<<<{'second': {'ab': '3', 'bb': '4'}, 'first': {'aa': '1', 'ba': '2'}}