Sane

I see. If there's a certain order they have to be in. That most likely implies you know which index each item is at, right? So why not use a list?

If not, you could still use a list, and make each item a tuple, containing the key and the value.

Lastly. If there's a method to the order, defined by the keys. You could always make a function that sorts it out in to a list before you need to use it.

Cerulean

titaniumdecoy: Maybe you should have posted all of these requirements from the start. Your question has evolved from "how do I make a human-readable config file in the form foo=bar" to "how do I do that AND it must support loading tuples AND the keys must be in the specified order". We would have saved a whole lot of time if you had.

Sane

Haha. I most certainly agree!