Peter Maas wrote: >> Thanks for the suggestion, but seems needlessly complicated for > > something very simple. > > What is "very simple"? The problem or the solution? :) If you examine
The form of the solution. > this suggestion more closely you will note that it is more or less > the same as Benji York's one except Benji used a built-in class. Many good solutions have some similarity. From the point of view of a user trying to include some simple functionality in a already complicated application, Benji's answer was most definitely more useful. > > If you are interested in getting help on usenet you should abstain > from devaluating efforts to give you a useful reply. "Thanks for > the suggestion" or even no answer would have been sufficient. > One might have thought that a truthful assessment would have been appreciated at the other end. I myself help people on the Usenet on some other newsgroups, and am usually welcoming of responses that offer a relevant criticism. The exchange improves me as much as it improves them. Thanks for the suggestion, anyways :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list