docs: def loads(*strings, missing=Missing.silent):
      """
      Read a `.Configuration` instance from strings.
  
      :param strings: configuration contents
      :param missing: policy to be used when a configured key is missing, either
          as a `.Missing` instance or a default value
      :return: a `.Configuration` instance providing values from *strings*
      :rtype: `.Configuration`
      """
      return Configuration(*(yaml.safe_load(string) for string in strings), missing=missing)