Huaiyu Zhu wrote: > > from __future__ import zerolead_octal so that 041 will mean 33. Shouldn't that be from __past__ import zerolead_octal? :-) -- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand To get my email address, please visit my web page: http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg