I have submitted this as a bug via SourceForge: <https://sourceforge.net/tracker/? func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1689458&group_id=5470> or if munged <http://tinyurl.com/2nwxsf>
The Python folks would like a test case and/or a patch. This is well beyond my ken as a humble Python user. Could anybody more knowledgeable please contribute one or both? Duncan or Rocky, would you be able to spare time and effort? Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list