old_contents: from django.apps import AppConfig
  from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
  from django.conf import settings as django_settings
  
  
  class ConstanceConfig(AppConfig):
      name = 'constance'
      verbose_name = _('Constance')
  
      def ready(self):
          try:
              # optionaly copy all live configuration to main settings
              from . import config
  
              for k in dir(config):
                  # just only if is not present in settings
                  if k not in dir(django_settings):
                      setattr(django_settings, k, getattr(config, k))
          except Exception:
              # in some environment may failed
              # swallowed
              pass
  
new_contents: from django.apps import AppConfig
  from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
  from django.conf import settings as django_settings
  
  import json
  
  
  def _load_dict(value):
      try:
          value = json.loads(value)
      except:
          # TODO log me here
          pass
      return value
  
  
  class ConstanceConfig(AppConfig):
      name = 'constance'
      verbose_name = _('Constance')
  
      def ready(self):
          try:
              # optionaly copy all live configuration to main settings
              from . import config
  
              for k in dir(config):
                  # just only if is not present in settings
  
                  if k not in dir(django_settings):
                      setattr(django_settings, k, _load_dict(getattr(config, k)))
          except:
              # TODO: log me here
              pass
  
subject: load dictionaries from strings