And, here's a version for Python 2.6+ -- diffed against an svn checkout of the current python/trunk: http://codereview.appspot.com/21051/show Please review also. Cheers! -- love, tav plex:espians/tav | tav at espians.com | +44 (0) 7809 569 369 http://tav.espians.com | @tav | skype:tavespian