diff -Naur rawdog-2.11_orig/rawdoglib/rawdog.py rawdog-2.11/rawdoglib/rawdog.py
--- rawdoglib/rawdog.py	2008-02-23 16:11:07.000000000 -0600
+++ rawdoglib/rawdog.py	2009-01-27 01:18:21.000000000 -0600
@@ -587,15 +587,15 @@
 	"""Parse a list of feed arguments. Raise ConfigError if the syntax is invalid."""
 	args = {}
 	for a in argparams:
-		as = a.split("=", 1)
-		if len(as) != 2:
+		az = a.split("=", 1)
+		if len(az) != 2:
 			raise ConfigError("Bad feed argument in config: " + a)
-		args[as[0]] = as[1]
+		args[az[0]] = az[1]
 	for a in arglines:
-		as = a.split(None, 1)
-		if len(as) != 2:
+		az = a.split(None, 1)
+		if len(az) != 2:
 			raise ConfigError("Bad argument line in config: " + a)
-		args[as[0]] = as[1]
+		args[az[0]] = az[1]
 	if "maxage" in args:
 		args["maxage"] = parse_time(args["maxage"])
 	return args