I'm about a pure 0 on this proposal in the aggregate I'm -1 on .sub() as the name; I'd rather it be called .interp() (this mainly due to confusing with the existing re.sub() and str.replace()) I'm +0 on putting this functionality in the text module instead of adding a string method I'm +0 on trying to find a solution that uses % instead of $ (There's Only One Way) I'm -1 on ${name}; there's no reason not to at least use $(name) for consistency -- Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ Project Vote Smart: http://www.vote-smart.org/