# File lib/openshift-origin-common/config.rb, line 35
    def get(name, default=nil)
      val = @conf.get_value(name)
      val = default.to_s if (val.nil? and !default.nil?)
      val.gsub!(/\\:/,":") if not val.nil?
      val.gsub!(/[ \t]*#[^\n]*/,"") if not val.nil?
      val = val[1..-2] if not val.nil? and val.start_with? "\""
      val
    end