get_config

astropy.config.configuration.get_config(packageormod=None, reload=False) [edit on github][source]

Gets the configuration object or section associated with a particular package or module.

Parameters :

packageormod : str or None

The package for which to retrieve the configuration object. If a string, it must be a valid package name, or if None, the package from which this function is called will be used.

Returns :

cfgobj : configobj.ConfigObj or configobj.Section

If the requested package is a base package, this will be the configobj.ConfigObj for that package, or if it is a subpackage or module, it will return the relevant configobj.Section object.

Raises :

RuntimeError :

If package is None, but the package this item is created from cannot be determined.

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