> See a very similar example which uses the new 'extra' keyword argument:
Now that's brilliant! Exactly what I need. But unfortunately, it's also unavailable until 2.5 comes out. Until then I'm afraid I'm stuck with my shoddy hack... but it's always nice to know the time will come when I can finally throw it out! Thanks for taking the time! Cheers! /Joel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list