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+# pylint: skip-file
+# infinite recursion
+
+
+import operator
+
+from typing import Tuple
+from typing import List
+from typing import Any
+
+import yaml
+
+from . import Section
+
+
+# =====
+def make_config_dump(config: Section) -> str:
+    return "\n".join(_inner_make_dump(config))
+
+
+def _inner_make_dump(config: Section, _path: Tuple[str, ...]=()) -> List[str]:
+    lines = []
+    for (key, value) in sorted(config.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(0)):
+        indent = len(_path) * "    "
+        if isinstance(value, Section):
+            lines.append("{}{}:".format(indent, key))
+            lines += _inner_make_dump(value, _path + (key,))
+            lines.append("")
+        else:
+            default = config._get_default(key)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+            comment = config._get_help(key)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+            if default == value:
+                lines.append("{}{}: {} # {}".format(indent, key, _make_yaml(value), comment))
+            else:
+                lines.append("{}# {}: {} # {}".format(indent, key, _make_yaml(default), comment))
+                lines.append("{}{}: {}".format(indent, key, _make_yaml(value)))
+    return lines
+
+
+def _make_yaml(value: Any) -> str:
+    return yaml.dump(value, allow_unicode=True).replace("\n...\n", "").strip()