function rcfile_read(source: ansistring): pRCfile;
var lines: TAnsiStringArray;
var ctr: gInt;
begin
	getmem(rcfile_read, sizeof(tRCfile));
	source := str_replace(#13, '', source);
	lines := explode(#10, source);
	for ctr := 0 to high(lines) do
	begin
		if (lines[ctr][1] = '[') and (strrev(lines[ctr])[1] = ']') then
		begin
			// we found a section, so add it
			setlength(rcfile_read^.sections, high(rcfile_read^.sections) + 2);
			rcfile_read^.sections[high(rcfile_read^.sections)].name := pgChar(substr(lines[ctr], 1, strlen(lines[ctr]) - 2));
			continue;
		end;
		if strpos(lines[ctr], '=') <> 0 then
		begin
			// we found an entry, so add it to the current (e.g. last) section
			setlength(rcfile_read^.sections[high(rcfile_read^.sections)].entries, high(rcfile_read^.sections[high(rcfile_read^.sections)].entries) + 2);
			rcfile_read^.sections[high(rcfile_read^.sections)].entries[high(rcfile_read^.sections[high(rcfile_read^.sections)].entries)].name := pgChar(substr(lines[ctr], 0, strpos(lines[ctr], '=')));
			rcfile_read^.sections[high(rcfile_read^.sections)].entries[high(rcfile_read^.sections[high(rcfile_read^.sections)].entries)].value := pgChar(substr(lines[ctr], strpos(lines[ctr], '=') + 1));
		end;
	end;
end;