X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/55aafbb07904ca24390dd47ea960eae7cb2b909a..5c260a4bfcce9f967dc1518bd52aaaa6d6335c60:/sdk/python/arvados/config.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
index e17eb1ff57..6f3bd02790 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ def load(config_file):
     cfg = {}
     with open(config_file, "r") as f:
         for config_line in f:
-            if re.match('^\s*$', config_line):
-                continue
-            if re.match('^\s*#', config_line):
+            if re.match(r'^\s*(?:#|$)', config_line):
                 continue
             var, val = config_line.rstrip().split('=', 2)
             cfg[var] = val