Check configuration files consistency

[sjstreicher]

Implement a checksum on configuration parameters used to generate results set. Incorporate a check for identical checksums when looping through cases and deciding whether to re-calculate results.

[alchemyst]

You probably don't need a checksum - what's wrong with simply comparing the configuration settings directly? If they're stored in dictionaries, it's as simple as {'a': 1, 'b': 2} == {'b': 2, 'a': 1}.

[sjstreicher]

Ah yes - thanks for pointing that out.