code: def parse_dotlist_conf(conf):
      """
      Parse the config files that is potentially in the dotlist format to a dictionary.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      conf
          Apply the conf stored as dotlist, e.g.,
           'aaa=a, bbb=b' or ['aaa=a, ', 'bbb=b'] to {'aaa': 'a', 'bbb': b}
  
      Returns
      -------
      new_conf
      """
      if isinstance(conf, str):
          conf = conf.split()
          need_parse = True
      elif isinstance(conf, (list, tuple)):
          need_parse = True
      elif isinstance(conf, dict):
          need_parse = False
      else:
          raise ValueError(f"Unsupported format of conf={conf}")
      if need_parse:
          new_conf = dict()
          curr_key = None
          curr_value = ""
          for ele in conf:
              if "=" in ele:
                  key, v = ele.split("=")
                  if curr_key is not None:
                      new_conf[curr_key] = curr_value
                  curr_key = key
                  curr_value = v
              else:
                  if curr_key is None:
                      raise ValueError(f"Cannot parse the conf={conf}")
                  curr_value = curr_value + " " + ele
          if curr_key is not None:
              new_conf[curr_key] = curr_value
          return new_conf
      else:
          return conf
  
imports: import copy
  import logging
  import os
  import re
  import warnings
  from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
  from omegaconf import DictConfig, OmegaConf
  from packaging import version
  from torch import nn
  from ..constants import AUTOMM, DATA, FT_TRANSFORMER, FUSION_TRANSFORMER, HF_MODELS, MODEL, REGRESSION, VALID_CONFIG_KEYS
  from ..presets import get_automm_presets, get_basic_automm_config
  from .data import get_detected_data_types
label_desc: Use image node_id 10 for calling a global function with example usage: parse_dotlist_conf(conf) and returns: new_conf, conf