#33 create default section for nonexistent files in loose mode

ini.go

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 
 	// Maximum allowed depth when recursively substituing variable names.
 	_DEPTH_VALUES = 99
-	_VERSION      = "1.10.0"
+	_VERSION      = "1.10.1"
 )
 
 // Version returns current package version literal.
@@ -300,7 +300,9 @@ func (f *File) reload(s dataSource) error {
 func (f *File) Reload() (err error) {
 	for _, s := range f.dataSources {
 		if err = f.reload(s); err != nil {
+			// In loose mode, we create an empty default section for nonexistent files.
 			if os.IsNotExist(err) && f.looseMode {
+				f.parse(bytes.NewBuffer(nil))
 				continue
 			}
 			return err

ini_test.go

@@ -178,10 +178,16 @@ func Test_LooseLoad(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg, err := LooseLoad("testdata/404.ini")
 			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
 			So(cfg, ShouldNotBeNil)
+			var fake struct {
+				Name string `ini:"name"`
+			}
+			So(cfg.MapTo(&fake), ShouldBeNil)
 
 			cfg, err = LooseLoad([]byte("name=Unknwon"), "testdata/404.ini")
 			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
 			So(cfg.Section("").Key("name").String(), ShouldEqual, "Unknwon")
+			So(cfg.MapTo(&fake), ShouldBeNil)
+			So(fake.Name, ShouldEqual, "Unknwon")
 		})
 	})