+better comment detection in local.conf

setup.py

@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ def read_local_conf(conf_file,pattern):
         with open(conf_file,"r") as f:
             lines = f.readlines()
             for line in lines:
-                if line[0]!="#":
+                line = line.strip()
+                if len(line)!=0:
+                  if line.strip()[0]!="#":
                     test = line.find(pattern)
                     if test!=-1:
                         pars = line.split("=")[1].strip().strip("\"").split(":")
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ def read_local_conf_dev(conf_file,pattern):
         with open(conf_file,"r") as f:
             lines = f.readlines()
             for line in lines:
+              line = line.strip()
+              if len(line)!=0:
                 if line[0]!="#":
                   test = line.find(pattern)
                   if test!=-1: