Index: django/core/meta.py
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--- django/core/meta.py	(revision 276)
+++ django/core/meta.py	(working copy)
@@ -368,6 +368,57 @@
         if not bases:
             return type.__new__(cls, name, bases, attrs)
 
+        # We must refactor the attributes around a little.  All Field class instances will be given
+        # names (as needed) and moved to the fields list.
+
+        attrs["fields"] = attrs.has_key("fields") and list(attrs["fields"]) or []
+
+        def handle_ForeignKey(obj):
+            if isinstance(obj, Model):
+                attrs["fields"].append(ForeignKey(obj))
+            elif type(obj) in (list, tuple):
+                if isinstance(obj[0], ModelBase) and type(obj[1]) == dict:
+                    attrs["fields"].append(ForeignKey(obj[0], **obj[1]))
+                else:
+                    for i in obj: handle_ForeignKey(i)
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("Cannot make ForeignKey from "+str(obj))
+
+        def handle_field(obj, name):
+            if isinstance(obj, Field):  #Check if this is a field
+                if isinstance(obj,(ForeignKey, ManyToManyField, OneToOneField)):
+                    obj.rel.name = name
+                else:
+                    obj.set_name(name)
+                attrs["fields"].append(obj)
+                return True
+            elif name == "ForeignKey":
+                handle_ForeignKey(obj)
+                return True
+            return False
+
+        # loop through the attributes, and take out the fields.
+        for key in attrs.keys()[:]:
+            if handle_field(attrs[key], key):
+                del attrs[key]  # If the attr was added to fields, we want to delete it.
+
+        if attrs.has_key("Field"):
+            for name in dir(attrs["Field"]):
+                handle_field(getattr(attrs["Field"],name),name)
+            del attrs["Field"]
+
+        if attrs.has_key("Meta"):
+            for name in dir(attrs["Meta"]):
+                if name.startswith("__"): continue
+                if name in ("fields",):
+                    attrs[name] += getattr(attrs["Meta"],name)
+                else:
+                    attrs[name] = getattr(attrs["Meta"],name)
+            del attrs["Meta"]
+
+        # Sort the fields, so that they appear in the correct order.
+        attrs["fields"].sort(lambda x,y: x.creation_counter - y.creation_counter)
+
         # If this model is a subclass of another Model, create an Options
         # object by first copying the base class's _meta and then updating it
         # with the overrides from this class.
@@ -1551,14 +1602,19 @@
     # database level.
     empty_strings_allowed = True
 
-    def __init__(self, name, verbose_name=None, primary_key=False,
+    # Will be increaced each time a Field object is instanced.  Used to
+    # retain the order of fields.
+    creation_counter = 0
+
+    def __init__(self, name=None, verbose_name=None, primary_key=False,
         maxlength=None, unique=False, blank=False, null=False, db_index=None,
         core=False, rel=None, default=NOT_PROVIDED, editable=True,
         prepopulate_from=None, unique_for_date=None, unique_for_month=None,
         unique_for_year=None, validator_list=None, choices=None, radio_admin=None,
         help_text=''):
         self.name = name
-        self.verbose_name = verbose_name or name.replace('_', ' ')
+        self.original_verbose_name = verbose_name
+        self.verbose_name = verbose_name or name and name.replace('_', ' ')
         self.primary_key = primary_key
         self.maxlength, self.unique = maxlength, unique
         self.blank, self.null = blank, null
@@ -1583,6 +1639,24 @@
         else:
             self.db_index = db_index
 
+        # Increace the creation counter, and save our local copy.
+        self.creation_counter = Field.creation_counter
+        Field.creation_counter += 1
+
+    def set_name(self, name ):
+        """
+        Sets the name, and generates the verbose_name from it if needed.
+        This function is here for when the name needs to be set later, (such as if it needs to be obtained from
+        a the attribute name that stores the Field instance.)
+        """
+        if not self.original_verbose_name:
+            # If the verbose name was originally not specified, we will assume that 
+            # the user intends for the first argument passed to __init__ to be the verbose_name.
+            self.verbose_name = self.name
+            
+        self.name = name
+        self.verbose_name = self.verbose_name or name and name.replace('_', ' ')
+            
     def pre_save(self, obj, value, add):
         """
         Hook for altering the object obj based on the value of this field and