Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org>: > The string.lower() at lookup time shifts the performance response, but I > don't really see config state as performance-intensive. That's my thinking as well. -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a> The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor. -- H. L. Mencken