I need some help building snippets

I have some python code that does what I want to do in a snippet, but I cannot translate it into something that will get past the cheetah compile/conversion. Just a few lines - here they are: <python code> import sys, ConfigParser cf=ConfigParser.ConfigParser() sys.stdout.write("cf=") print cf list=cf.read ( 'mysettings.cfg' ) sys.stdout.write("cfg file=") print list sys.stdout.write("sections=") print cf.sections() print cf.get ( 'MySection', 'field1' ) print cf.get ( 'MySection', 'field2' ) </python code> The file (mysettings.cfg) contains: [MySection] field1 = this field2 = that When I execute this python script, I get this output: cf=<ConfigParser.ConfigParser instance at (address)> cfg file=['mysettings.cfg'] sections=[MySection] this that Now to the cobbler/cheetah snippet: <snippet> #import ConfigParser #set $cf=$ConfigParser.ConfigParser() #echo 'cf=>' #echo $cf #echo '\n' #set $list=$cf.read ( 'mysettings.cfg' ) #echo 'cfg file=>' #echo $list #echo '\n' #set $sec = $cf.sections() #echo 'sections=>' #echo $sec #echo '\n' #set $one = $cf.get ( 'MySection', 'field1' ) #echo $one #set $two = $cf.get ( 'MySection', 'field2' ) #echo $two </snippet> But the cheetah fails in an odd (to me) way. First of all, the line: #set $list=$cf.read ( 'mysettings.cfg' ) fails unless I change it to : #set $list= cf.read ( 'mysettings.cfg' ) and then I get the following output: cf=<ConfigParser.ConfigParser instance at (address)> cfg file=[] sections=[] and then the script will fail on the "get" method calls Any suggestions / clues out there ? “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)