Thanks for your comments, The mentioned "8 years old" code actually works somehow.
I am trying to solve very similar problem about FSM as the code in the example does and I do not want to be overburden by the if/elif stuff or by declaring state functions (which IMHO is very similar approach as if/elif). Because of above mentioned, something like FSM-generator looks as a way to go for me (if I can judge with my poor skills). I am using Steve's book "Python Web Programming" which is actually the best I have found about OOP, classes etc. but as a newbie I am just lost with subclass and mapping attributes etc. while trying to study the code in the example (http://tinyurl.com/a4zkn). All I wanted to know, if, thanks to the improvements in the Python functionality over the years, it is possible to simplify somhow the old code. Otherwise I have to dig through :) Petr Jakes PS: I agree and I do understand the reasons why NOT to use GOTO statements in the code (aka spaghetti code). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
