> confusion regarding some of the basics... Reset your brain.
This came up recently, and despite there being a pending quibble, I think it's extremely useful to the experienced programmer/new Pythonista: http://effbot.org/zone/python-objects.htm And since Frederik is apparenlty reading this thread, it gives me an opportunity to say thanks for it! mt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list