how to create a nested dict..

[wardancer84]

its me again, i guess i will never get my head around this language.

i have the following code..

def get_niminfo(self):
        file = '/etc/niminfo'
        niminfo = {}
        niminfo = niminfo['niminfo'] = {}

        try:
            if os.path.exists(file):
                niminfo = dict(
                    (k.strip(), v.strip(' "\n')) for k, v in (
                        line.split(
                            ' ', 1)[1].split(
                                '=', 1) for line in (
                                    (l for l in open(
                                        file, 'r') if l.startswith('export'))) if not re.match(
                                            r'^\s*$', line)))
        except IOError as e:
            module.warnings.append('could not read /etc/niminfo')
            niminfo = {}
        return niminfo

it returns the following (ignore the "ansible_" prefix)...

"ansible_facts": {
        "ansible_NIM_BOSINST_DATA": "/NIM_BOSINST_DATA",
        "ansible_NIM_BOSINST_RECOVER": "/../SPOT/usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/c_bosinst_env -a hostname=host1",
        "ansible_NIM_BOS_FORMAT": "mksysb",
        "ansible_NIM_BOS_IMAGE": "/NIM_BOS_IMAGE",
        "ansible_NIM_CONFIGURATION": "standalone",
        "ansible_NIM_CUSTOM": "/../SPOT/usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/c_script -a location=nimserver:/export/nim/scripts/host1.script",
        "ansible_NIM_FIPS_MODE": "0",
        "ansible_NIM_HOSTNAME": "host1",
        "ansible_NIM_HOSTS": "127.0.0.1:loopback:localhost  10.0.0.1:host1  10.0.0.2:nimserver",
        "ansible_NIM_LICENSE_ACCEPT": "yes",
        "ansible_NIM_MASTERID": "00F7089898989",
        "ansible_NIM_MASTER_HOSTNAME": "nimserver",
        "ansible_NIM_MASTER_PORT": "1058",
        "ansible_NIM_MOUNTS": "nimserver:/export/lpp_source/aix72/7200-00-02-1614:/SPOT/usr/sys/inst.images:dir  nimserver:/export/nim/niminstall/bosinstdata/bos_wop_mirror:/NIM_BOSINST_DATA:file  nimserver:/export/mksysb/mksysb_master_aix72_00:/NIM_BOS_IMAGE:file",
        "ansible_NIM_NAME": "host1",
        "ansible_NIM_REGISTRATION_PORT": "1059",
        "ansible_NIM_SHELL": "shell",
        "ansible_RC_CONFIG": "rc.bos_inst",
        "ansible_SPOT": "nimserver:/export/spot/spot_aix72_00/spot_aix72_00/usr", }

but my intention was this

"niminfo": {
        "NIM_BOSINST_DATA": "/NIM_BOSINST_DATA",
        "NIM_BOSINST_RECOVER": "/../SPOT/usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/c_bosinst_env -a hostname=host1",
        "NIM_BOS_FORMAT": "mksysb",
        "NIM_BOS_IMAGE": "/NIM_BOS_IMAGE",
        "NIM_CONFIGURATION": "standalone",
        "NIM_CUSTOM": "/../SPOT/usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/c_script -a location=nimserver:/export/nim/scripts/host1.script",
        "NIM_FIPS_MODE": "0",
        "NIM_HOSTNAME": "host1",
        "NIM_HOSTS": "127.0.0.1:loopback:localhost  10.0.0.1:host1  10.0.0.2:nimserver",
        "NIM_LICENSE_ACCEPT": "yes",
        "NIM_MASTERID": "00F7089898989",
        "NIM_MASTER_HOSTNAME": "nimserver",
        "NIM_MASTER_PORT": "1058",
        "NIM_MOUNTS": "nimserver:/export/lpp_source/aix72/7200-00-02-1614:/SPOT/usr/sys/inst.images:dir  nimserver:/export/nim/niminstall/bosinstdata/bos_wop_mirror:/NIM_BOSINST_DATA:file  nimserver:/export/mksysb/mksysb_master_aix72_00:/NIM_BOS_IMAGE:file",
        "NIM_NAME": "host1",
        "NIM_REGISTRATION_PORT": "1059",
        "NIM_SHELL": "shell",
        "RC_CONFIG": "rc.bos_inst",
        "SPOT": "nimserver:/export/spot/spot_aix72_00/spot_aix72_00/usr", }

so how to get the additional dict level in?