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diff --git a/base/inifile.hh b/base/inifile.hh
index 3a82f2d4d..d5d6bab5e 100644
--- a/base/inifile.hh
+++ b/base/inifile.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003 The Regents of The University of Michigan
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Regents of The University of Michigan
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@
 
 #include "base/hashmap.hh"
 
-///
-/// @file
-/// Declaration of IniFile object.
-///
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Declaration of IniFile object.
+ * @todo Change comments to match documentation style.
+ */
 
 ///
 /// This class represents the contents of a ".ini" file.
@@ -150,12 +151,6 @@ class IniFile
     /// @retval Pointer to section object, or NULL if not found.
     Section *findSection(const std::string &sectionName) const;
 
-    /// Load parameter settings from given istream.  This is a helper
-    /// function for load(string) and loadCPP(), which open a file
-    /// and then pass it here.
-    /// @retval True if successful, false if errors were encountered.
-    bool load(std::istream &f);
-
   public:
     /// Constructor.
     IniFile();
@@ -163,6 +158,12 @@ class IniFile
     /// Destructor.
     ~IniFile();
 
+    /// Load parameter settings from given istream.  This is a helper
+    /// function for load(string) and loadCPP(), which open a file
+    /// and then pass it here.
+    /// @retval True if successful, false if errors were encountered.
+    bool load(std::istream &f);
+
     /// Load the specified file, passing it through the C preprocessor.
     /// Parameter settings found in the file will be merged with any
     /// already defined in this object.
@@ -189,12 +190,12 @@ class IniFile
     bool find(const std::string &section, const std::string &entry,
               std::string &value) const;
 
-    /// Find value corresponding to given section and entry names,
-    /// following "default" links to other sections where possible.
-    /// Value is returned by reference in 'value' param.
-    /// @retval True if found, false if not.
-    bool findDefault(const std::string &section, const std::string &entry,
-                     std::string &value) const;
+    /// Determine whether the named section exists in the .ini file.
+    /// Note that the 'Section' class is (intentionally) not public,
+    /// so all clients can do is get a bool that says whether there
+    /// are any values in that section or not.
+    /// @return True if the section exists.
+    bool sectionExists(const std::string &section) const;
 
     /// Print unreferenced entries in object.  Iteratively calls
     /// printUnreferend() on all the constituent sections.