What is ZConfig “good for”?

Use it as a library for retrieving user-supplied configuration values for Python applications, frameworks, or libraries that have many “global” knobs. Examples: Zope, Twisted.
No dependencies other than Python standard library.
Works under Python 2.1+
Available as a distutils package at http://www.zope.org/Members/fdrake/zconfig and within Zope trunk (CVS).

Use it as a library for retrieving user-supplied configuration values for Python applications, frameworks, or libraries that have many “global” knobs. Examples: Zope, Twisted.