> Thanks! I'll try it both ways and see if there's any appreciable > difference in speed, although since it will be packaged into an > executable, that may not be an issue anyway. > > Mike
I honestly doubt there's any advantage to my approach, certainly not in terms of speed. It's really only if it happens to suit your mind better, or take advantage of structures you might already have in place, etc. TJG -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list