FYI, I posted the following on c.l.py: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d120a6500a3b6f6a/cec582632c5af063#cec582632c5af063 -- Ville Vainio - vivainio.googlepages.com vainio.blogspot.com - g[mail | talk]='vivainio'