> I am with Fredrik on that auxilliary buffer. You'll have two dead bodies > to deal with :-) I haven't made up my mind yet (due to a very successful Python-promoting visit to SD'99 east, I'm about 100 msgs behind in this thread alone) but let me warn you that I can deal with the carnage, if necessary. :-) --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)