# a comment at the very top # should be treated as the file header # up to the first section, including all blank lines [section_1] option_1: value_1 option_1_1: True # this is a boolean option_1_2: 5 ; this is an integer option_1_3: 1.123 #;this is a float [section_2] ; comment option_2: value_2 ; comment [section_3] option_3: value_3 # comment [section_4] # comment option_4: value_4 [section number 5] #option_5: value_5 option_5 = this.is.value-5 multi_option: # these are multi-line values value_5_1 value_5_2 ; here is a comment value_5_3 option_5_1: value_5_1