> The unfortunate side effect of this is to make str(list of floats) > ugly, but...
Yeah, Nothing is perfect. I can control the damage as long as I know what is going on. I guess this would fit in a faq list quite well. I would have to thank Mike and Dan for your quick and detailed reply. As a matter of fact, this python list is the most friendly mailinglist I have ever joined. Thanks! Bo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list