A new PEP (305), "CSV File API", is available for reader feedback. This PEP describes an API and implementation for reading and writing CSV files. There is a sample implementation available as well which you can take out for a spin. The PEP is available at http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0305.html (The latest version as of this note is 1.9. Please wait until that is available to grab a copy on which to comment.) The sample implementation, which is heavily based on Object Craft's existing csv module, is available at http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/python/python/nondist/sandbox... To those people who are already using the Object Craft module, make sure you rename your csv.so file before trying this one out. Please send feedback to csv@mail.mojam.com. You can subscribe to that list at http://manatee.mojam.com/mailman/listinfo/csv That page contains a pointer to the list archives. (Many thanks BTW to Barry Warsaw and the Mailman crew for Mailman 2.1. It looks awesome.) -- Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com http://www.musi-cal.com/