code: def cfg_to_args(config):
      
      kwargs = {}
      opts_to_args = {
          'metadata': [
              ('name', 'name'),
              ('author', 'author'),
              ('author-email', 'author_email'),
              ('maintainer', 'maintainer'),
              ('maintainer-email', 'maintainer_email'),
              ('home-page', 'url'),
              ('summary', 'description'),
              ('description', 'long_description'),
              ('download-url', 'download_url'),
              ('classifier', 'classifiers'),
              ('platform', 'platforms'),
              ('license', 'license'),
              ('keywords', 'keywords'),
          ],
          'files': [
              ('packages_root', 'package_dir'),
              ('packages', 'packages'),
              ('modules', 'py_modules'),
              ('scripts', 'scripts'),
              ('package_data', 'package_data'),
              ('data_files', 'data_files'),
          ],
      }
  
      opts_to_args['metadata'].append(('requires-dist', 'install_requires'))
      if IS_PY2K and not which('3to2'):
          kwargs['setup_requires'] = ['3to2']
      kwargs['zip_safe'] = False
  
      for section in opts_to_args:
          for option, argname in opts_to_args[section]:
              value = get_cfg_value(config, section, option)
              if value:
                  kwargs[argname] = value
  
      if 'long_description' not in kwargs:
          kwargs['long_description'] = read_description_file(config)
  
      if 'package_dir' in kwargs:
          kwargs['package_dir'] = {'': kwargs['package_dir']}
  
      if 'keywords' in kwargs:
          kwargs['keywords'] = split_elements(kwargs['keywords'])
  
      if 'package_data' in kwargs:
          kwargs['package_data'] = get_package_data(kwargs['package_data'])
  
      if 'data_files' in kwargs:
          kwargs['data_files'] = get_data_files(kwargs['data_files'])
  
      kwargs['version'] = get_version()
  
      if not IS_PY2K:
          kwargs['test_suite'] = 'test'
  
      return kwargs
docs: Compatibility helper to use setup.cfg in setup.py.