ThereMustBeABetterWayThanThis this_is_more_readable_but_harder_to_type thisistheworstofbothworlds hmm.. what if you wanted to name, say, a function with a string so that you could include spaces? fn={} def f(): blah.. blah.. fn['my special function']=f ... # call function fn['my special function']() ...just a silly idea. ok, i'll go to bed now.