> I didn't call the problem unreasonable, I was objecting to its > characterization as an "essential feature". It isn't. A useful thing, > definitely, but there are a lot of those. It's hardly essential any > more than, say, a hash that automagically maps to the current > directory's files (iteratively, of course, catching all the > subdirectories) is essential
I see what you mean now. I had A Momentary Lapse of Reason, in which I forgot modules could do such things. It's very suited to a module---not very common, but very important to certain problems. Luke