--- a/configmix/__init__.py	Thu Mar 10 17:33:23 2016 +0100
+++ b/configmix/__init__.py	Wed Mar 16 12:41:57 2016 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from __future__ import division, print_function, absolute_import
 
 
-__version__ = "0.1"
+__version__ = "0.2.dev0"
 
 
 import copy

--- a/configmix/ini.py	Thu Mar 10 17:33:23 2016 +0100
+++ b/configmix/ini.py	Wed Mar 16 12:41:57 2016 +0100
@@ -107,6 +107,31 @@
                  u('false'): False,
                  u('off'): False}
 
+    def itemsx(self, section, options):
+        """Get all the options given in `options` of section `section`.
+        Fetch them with `self.getx()` in the order given.
+
+        Return a list of ``(name, value)`` pairs for each option in
+        `options` in the given `section`.
+
+        """
+        d = []
+        for option in options:
+            try:
+                val = self.getx(section, option)
+            except (NoSectionError, NoOptionError):
+                pass
+            else:
+                d.append((option, val, ))
+        return d
+
+    def items_as_dictx(self, section, options):
+        """Similar to `self.itemsx()` but return a (possibly ordered)
+        dict instead of a list of key-value pairs.
+
+        """
+        return DictImpl(self.itemsx(section, options))
+
 
 def load(filename, extract=["config"]):
     """Load a single INI file and read/interpolate the sections given in