Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/io/loadvars.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/io/loadvars.py	(revision 21356)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/io/loadvars.py	(revision 21357)
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 from re import findall
 from os import path
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from whichdb import whichdb
 from collections import OrderedDict
@@ -98,5 +99,5 @@
 					listtype=curclass.groups[keylist[0]].classtype
 					if listtype=='dict':
-						nvdict['md'].__dict__[classtree[mod][0]].__dict__[classtree[mod][1]] = [{} for i in range(max(1,len(curclass.groups)))]
+						nvdict['md'].__dict__[classtree[mod][0]].__dict__[classtree[mod][1]] = [OrderedDict() for i in range(max(1,len(curclass.groups)))]
 					else:
 						nvdict['md'].__dict__[classtree[mod][0]].__dict__[classtree[mod][1]] = [getattr(__import__(listtype),listtype)() for i in range(max(1,len(curclass.groups)))]
@@ -106,5 +107,5 @@
 					Tree=nvdict['md'].__dict__[classtree[mod][0]].__dict__[classtree[mod][1]]
 			else:
-				curclass=NCFile.groups[classtree[mod][0]]
+                                curclass=NCFile.groups[classtree[mod][0]]
 				nvdict['md'].__dict__[mod] = getattr(classtype[mod][1],classtype[mod][0])()
 				Tree=nvdict['md'].__dict__[classtree[mod][0]]