module HashConf
  def self.parse(str)
    hash = {}

    str.gsub(/(.*?)\s*{(.*?)}/m) {
      temp = {}
      hash[$1.strip] = temp
      $2.gsub(/([^=]+)\s*=\s*(.*?)(?:,|$)/) {
        temp[$1.strip] = $2.strip
      }
    }

    return hash
  end
end

if $0 == __FILE__

  str = %!section_one {
  foo = bar,
  bar = baz
}

section_two
{
  baz = foopy,
  foopy = noopy
}

section_three { noopy = loopy }!

  p HashConf.parse(str)

end