Megatest

(define (configf:section-var-set! cfgdat section-name var value #!key (metadata #f))
  (hash-table-set! cfgdat section-name
		   (configf:assoc-safe-add
		    (hash-table-ref/default cfgdat section-name '())
		    var value metadata: metadata)))

(define (configf:eval-string-in-environment str)
  ;; (if (or (string-null? str)
  ;;	  (equal? "!" (substring str 0 1))) ;; null string or starts with ! are preserved but NOT set in the environment
;; The if was disabled, but why?
  (if (or (string-null? str)
  	  (equal? "!" (substring str 0 1))) ;; null string or starts with ! are preserved but NOT set in the environment
      str
      (handle-exceptions
       exn
       (begin
	 (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "problem evaluating \"" str "\" in the shell environment, exn=" exn)
	 #f)
       (let ((cmdres (process:cmd-run->list (conc "echo " str))))
	 (if (null? cmdres) ""
	     (caar cmdres))))) ;; )
	  exn
	  (begin
	    (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "problem evaluating \"" str "\" in the shell environment, exn=" exn)
	    #f)
	(let ((cmdres (process:cmd-run->list (conc "echo " str))))
	  (if (null? cmdres) ""
	      (caar cmdres))))))

;;======================================================================
;; Make the regexp's needed globally available
;;======================================================================

(define configf:include-rx (regexp "^\\[include\\s+(.*)\\]\\s*$"))
(define configf:script-rx  (regexp "^\\[scriptinc\\s+(\\S+)([^\\]]*)\\]\\s*$")) ;; include output from a script