explain why there is no strip() call for the value

diff --git a/dsl.py b/dsl.py
index d959b074f6a03fca43f9cb08274de227741fb114..d14675fb68396900310b41e46ee218fb1c2a4118 100755 (executable)
--- a/dsl.py
+++ b/dsl.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ def loadConfigFile(file):
                                # parse line
                                pos = line.index("=") # will raise exception when substring is not found
                                curKey = line[:pos].strip()
-                               value = line[pos+1:]
-                               result[curKey] = shlex.split(value)
+                               result[curKey] = shlex.split(line[pos+1:]) # shlex.split also strips
                        except Exception:
                                raise Exception("Invalid config, line %d: Error parsing line (quoting issue?)" % linenr)
        # add some convencience get functions