diff -r d0fcb1cde990 -r 0d134b173cb1 iro/config.py
--- a/iro/config.py	Fri Mar 30 11:49:13 2012 +0200
+++ b/iro/config.py	Fri Mar 30 15:55:44 2012 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 import signal
 from functools import partial
+from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from validate import vInteger
 from error import NeededOption 
@@ -60,29 +61,26 @@
     
     If one option is valid, the attribute is created with the value of the validate function.
     """
-    def __init__(self, name):
+    def __init__(self, name, options=None):
         """
         :param string name: section name.
+        :param `collections.OrderedDict` options: Orderd Dict of the configuration options (see :attr:`options`) 
         """
         self.name = name
-        self.options={
-            "port":Option(partial(vInteger,minv=0),long="Port under that twisted is running",must=True),
-            "dburl":Option(lambda x,y:x,long="Connection URL to database",must=True),
-        }
-        """Options dict for Options used in configuration file (see :class:`iro.config.Option`). Ordering of configuration fields are done by :attr:`order`. 
+        
+        self.options = options
+        """Options :class:`collections.OrderedDict` for Options used in configuration file (see :class:`iro.config.Option`). Ordering of configuration fields are done by :attr:`order`. 
         
         Sample::
         
-               {"port":Option(partial(vInteger,minv=0),long="Port under that twisted is running",must=True),
-                "dburl":Option(lambda x,y:x,long="Connection URL to database",must=True)
-               }
+            OrderedDict([
+                ("dburl",Option(lambda x,y:x,long="Connection URL to database",must=True)),
+                ("port",Option(partial(vInteger,minv=0),long="Port under that twisted is running",must=True)),
+            ])
         
         A child class typically use update to add more options.
         """
-
-        self.order = ["dburl","port"]
-        """ A list for ordering the options dict (:attr:`options`). """
-
+        
         self._init = True
         """indecates, if the config is loaded with config values."""
 
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@
         :return: a list of lines
         """
         ret=[]
-        for o in self.order:
+        for o in self.options:
             opt=self.options[o]
             if opt.long:
                 ret.append("# "+opt.long)
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@
     if main._init:
         main.load(configParser.items("main"))
     else:
-        m = Config("main")
+        m = Config("main", main_options)
         m.load(configParser.items("main"))
         if not main.same(m):
             raise Exception("Main options can't be reloaded, please restart your Application.")
@@ -186,5 +184,12 @@
 confFiles=["iro.conf", "~/iro.conf","/etc/iro/iro.conf"]
 """Configfile list """
 
-main = Config("main")
+main_options = OrderedDict([
+    ("dburl",Option(lambda x,y:x,long="Connection URL to database",must=True)),
+    ("port",Option(partial(vInteger,minv=0),long="Port under that twisted is running",must=True)),
+    ])
+
+"options for main section"
+
+main = Config("main", main_options)
 """Main config options"""