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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dumitrescu, Cristian [mailto:cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com]
>=20
> What is the motivation for the having key/value pair outside of any secti=
on?
> What would be the drawback of having the user explicitly define a GLOBAL
> section to host these key/value pairs?
Global parameters that are outside of sections are part of the ini informal=
 "standard".   Our app use this format.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file#Global_properties