diff --git a/config/section.go b/config/section.go
index 44db07f..b3fd8ea 100644
--- a/config/section.go
+++ b/config/section.go
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ type SectionValue struct {
 	Comments []string
 }
 
+func NewNamedSection(name string) SectionValue {
+	return SectionValue{
+		Name:     name,
+		Value:    make(map[string]ConfigValue),
+		Comments: make([]string, 0),
+	}
+}
+
+func NewAnonymousSection() SectionValue {
+	return SectionValue{
+		Value:    make(map[string]ConfigValue),
+		Comments: make([]string, 0),
+	}
+}
+
 func (this SectionValue) GetType() ConfigType   { return SECTION }
 func (this SectionValue) GetValue() interface{} { return this.Value }
 
diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index bd98bd6..3c99ad9 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -185,11 +185,7 @@ func (this *Parser) parseSetting(name string) error {
 }
 
 func (this *Parser) parseSection(name string) error {
-	section := config.SectionValue{
-		Name:     name,
-		Value:    make(map[string]config.ConfigValue),
-		Comments: make([]string, 0),
-	}
+	section := config.NewNamedSection(name)
 	this.cur_section.Set(name, section)
 	this.previous = append(this.previous, this.cur_section)
 	this.cur_section = section
@@ -253,10 +249,7 @@ func ParseFile(filename string) (settings *config.SectionValue, err error) {
 }
 
 func ParseReader(reader io.Reader) (*config.SectionValue, error) {
-	settings := config.SectionValue{
-		Value:    make(map[string]config.ConfigValue),
-		Comments: make([]string, 0),
-	}
+	settings := config.NewAnonymousSection()
 	parser := &Parser{
 		tokenizer:   token.NewTokenizer(reader),
 		settings:    settings,