However, may I ask you to re-submit the patch but this time in the patch tracker on SF; http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=41175 because news/mail clients often mangle source code.
Hi,
I re-submited it as requested. It's just a quick hack, but maybe it's worth trying.
HtH, Roland -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list