# Buggy code
def remove_section(file_name, section, separator="="):
    """
    Remove a section in an ini file. Returns the removed section as dictionary,
    or ``None`` if nothing was removed.

    API Example:

    .. code-block:: python

        import salt
        sc = salt.client.get_local_client()
        sc.cmd('target', 'ini.remove_section',
               [path_to_ini_file, section_name])

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' ini.remove_section /path/to/ini section_name
    """

    inifile = _Ini.get_ini_file(file_name, separator=separator)
    section = inifile.pop(section, {})
    inifile.flush()
    ret = {}
    for key, value in six.iteritems(section):
        if key[0] != "#":
            ret.update({key: value})
    return ret


# Traceback (TypeError)
local:
----------
ID: ini-present
Function: ini.options_present
Name: /tmp/test.ini
Result: False
Comment: An exception occurred in this state: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/state.py", line 1918, in call
**cdata['kwargs'])
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/loader.py", line 1830, in wrapper
return f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/states/ini_manage.py", line 68, in options_present
if cur_value == six.text_type(sections[section][key]):
TypeError: string indices must be integers
Started: 11:44:26.917548
Duration: 2.082 ms
Changes:
----------
ID: ini-absent
Function: ini.options_absent
Name: /tmp/test.ini
Result: False
Comment: An exception occurred in this state: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/state.py", line 1918, in call
**cdata['kwargs'])
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/loader.py", line 1830, in wrapper
return f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/states/ini_manage.py", line 142, in options_absent
cur_section = __salt__['ini.get_section'](name, section, separator)
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/modules/ini_manage.py", line 159, in get_section
for key, value in six.iteritems(inifile.get(section, {})):
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/ext/six.py", line 606, in iteritems
return d.iteritems(**kw)
AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'iteritems'
Started: 11:44:26.921172
Duration: 1.063 ms
Changes:
----------
ID: ini-sect-present
Function: ini.sections_present
Name: /tmp/test.ini
Result: False
Comment: An exception occurred in this state: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/state.py", line 1918, in call
**cdata['kwargs'])
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/loader.py", line 1830, in wrapper
return f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/js/work/git/salt/salt/states/ini_manage.py", line 207, in sections_present
if dict(sections[section]) == cur_section:
TypeError: list indices must be integers, not unicode
Started: 11:44:26.923578
Duration: 0.851 ms
Changes:

# Fixed code
def remove_section(file_name, section, separator="="):
    """
    Remove a section in an ini file. Returns the removed section as dictionary,
    or ``None`` if nothing was removed.

    API Example:

    .. code-block:: python

        import salt
        sc = salt.client.get_local_client()
        sc.cmd('target', 'ini.remove_section',
               [path_to_ini_file, section_name])

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' ini.remove_section /path/to/ini section_name
    """
    inifile = _Ini.get_ini_file(file_name, separator=separator)
    if section in inifile:
        section = inifile.pop(section)
        inifile.flush()
        ret = {}
        for key, value in six.iteritems(section):
            if key[0] != "#":
                ret.update({key: value})
        return ret