# sifc - a tiny python sif parser
# version: 0.3

def parse_arr(string: str) -> list:
  """parses a sif string as an array"""
  out, current = [], None
  for l in string.strip().split('\n'):
    if not l.strip() or l.strip().startswith('#'): continue
    if l.startswith(' ') and current is not None:
      out[-1][1] += '\n' + (l[1:] if l[1] == ' ' else l.strip())
    else:
      k, v = l.split('=', 1)
      out.append([k.strip(), v.strip()])
      current = k.strip()
  
  return out

def parse(string: str) -> dict:
  """parses a sif string as an object"""
  out = {}
  for k, v in parse_arr(string): out[k] = v
  return out


def dump(obj: dict) -> str:
  """dumps a dictionary as a sif string"""
  out = ""
  for k, v in obj.items(): 
    v = v.replace('\n', '\n ')
    out += f"{k} = {v}\n"
  return out