added section part to parser

src/backend/configitem.c

@@ -208,6 +208,70 @@ lumiera_configitem_parse (LumieraConfigitem self, const char* line)
   else if (*itr == '[' )
     {
       /*this is a section*/
+
+      /*skip blanks before prefix*/
+      while (*itr && isspace(*itr))
+        itr++;
+
+      /*itr points now to the begin of the key*/
+      self->key = itr;
+
+      /*now look for the end of the key and set the keysize*/
+      self->key_size = strspn (itr, LUMIERA_CONFIG_KEY_CHARS);
+
+      itr += self->key_size;
+
+      /*if the line ends ends with prefix] delim points to ] 
+       * and not the last (blank) character before the final square bracket*/
+      if (self->key_size && *itr && *itr == ']')
+        {
+          self->delim = itr;
+          TODO("self->vtable = &lumiera_configsection_funcs;");
+        }
+      else if (self->key_size && *itr && isspace(*itr))
+        {
+          /* skip blanks until we reach the suffix or the final square bracket*/
+          while (*itr && isspace(*itr))
+            itr++;
+
+          if (*itr && *itr == ']')
+            {
+              /*final square bracket reached, so place delim one char before the 
+               * actual position which must be a whitespace: no extra check necessary*/
+              self->delim = itr - 1;
+              TODO("self->vtable = &lumiera_configsection_funcs;");
+            }
+          else if (*itr)
+            {
+              TODO("check wheter suffix is made of legal characters");
+
+              /*delim points to the last whitespace before the actual position;
+               * no extra check needed*/
+              self->delim = itr - 1;
+              TODO("self->vtable = &lumiera_configsection_funcs;");
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /*malformed section line, treat this line like a comment*/
+              self->key = NULL;
+              self->key_size = 0;
+
+              LUMIERA_ERROR_SET (config_item, CONFIG_SYNTAX);
+
+            }
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          /*error: either *itr is false, points neither to a blank nor to a closed square 
+           * bracket or the key_size is zero*/
+
+          /*treat this line like a comment*/
+          self->key = NULL;
+          self->key_size = 0;
+
+          LUMIERA_ERROR_SET (config_item, CONFIG_SYNTAX);
+
+        }
     }
   else
     {