Peter> About how short should a program be to be postable to this Peter> newsgroup - in other words, at what length should you stick it on Peter> a web page and post a link?
158 lines is probably not a killer. However, consider what misbehaving news and mail readers are likely to do to the indentation of your script before embedding it in a message. The net being the somewhat less safe place than it used to be, many people may be hesitant to open attachments either. It might well be safer to simply toss it on a personal website and provide a link. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list