static line_status iniparser_line(
    const char * input_line,
    char * section,
    char * key,
    char * value)
{
    line_status sta ;
    char * line = NULL;
    size_t      len ;

    line = xstrdup(input_line);
    len = strstrip(line);

    sta = LINE_UNPROCESSED ;
    if (len<1) {
        /* Empty line */
        sta = LINE_EMPTY ;
    } else if (line[0]=='#' || line[0]==';') {
        /* Comment line */
        sta = LINE_COMMENT ;
    } else if (line[0]=='[' && line[len-1]==']') {
        /* Section name */
        sscanf(line, "[%[^]]", section);
        strstrip(section);
        strlwc(section, section, len);
        sta = LINE_SECTION ;
    } else if (sscanf (line, "%[^=] = \"%[^\"]\"", key, value) == 2
           ||  sscanf (line, "%[^=] = '%[^\']'",   key, value) == 2) {
        /* Usual key=value with quotes, with or without comments */
        strstrip(key);
        strlwc(key, key, len);
        /* Don't strip spaces from values surrounded with quotes */
        /*
         * sscanf cannot handle '' or "" as empty values
         * this is done here
         */
        if (!strcmp(value, "\"\"") || (!strcmp(value, "''"))) {
            value[0]=0 ;
        }
        sta = LINE_VALUE ;
    } else if (sscanf (line, "%[^=] = %[^;#]", key, value) == 2) {
        /* Usual key=value without quotes, with or without comments */
        strstrip(key);
        strlwc(key, key, len);
        strstrip(value);
        
        sta = LINE_VALUE ;
    } else if (sscanf(line, "%[^=] = %[;#]", key, value)==2
           ||  sscanf(line, "%[^=] %[=]", key, value) == 2) {
        /*
         * Special cases:
         * key=
         * key=;
         * key=#
         */
        strstrip(key);
        strlwc(key, key, len);
        value[0]=0 ;
        sta = LINE_VALUE ;
    } else {
        /* Generate syntax error */
        sta = LINE_ERROR ;
    }

    free(line);
    return sta ;
}
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