def METHOD_NAME(self):
    for option in ["authonly", "exclude"]:
        try:
            self.__dict__[option] = self.get(self.section, option).lower().split()
        except NoSectionError:
            pass
        except NoOptionError:
            pass
    for option in ["mandatory"]:
        try:
            self.__dict__[option] = self.getboolean(self.section, option)
        except NoSectionError:
            pass
        except NoOptionError:
            pass