def _decode_config(conf_str):
conf_str = conf_str.strip()<EOL>conf = [True if x.upper() == "<STR_LIT:T>" else False for x in list(conf_str)]<EOL>return dict(list(zip(settings._ALLOWED_MERGES, conf)))<EOL>
Decode string to configuration dict.

Only values defined in settings._ALLOWED_MERGES can be redefined.