>> - because error messages are not debugging tools (better use unit > > Then what are they? Machine-generated poetry?
>>> me.__cmp__(gruntbuggly['freddled'].micturations, bee[LURGID].gabbleblotchits[PLURDLED]) == 0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? VogonPoetryException: Bleem miserable venchit! Bleem forever mestinglish asunder frapt! Nah...Exceptions aren't poetry...they're programmer insults akin to "You fool! How could you have let this happen!" And if things are really bad, exceptions call you "silly" :*) -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list