Thank you for a fine explanation Pat, that clears things up very nicely. I have one remaining question which I imagine amounts to taste. What is the superior method of exception handling:
A) To, as you suggest above, import the code as a module from within a program with special exception handling code. or B) To pipe sys.stderr to a file and keep the OS on the lookout for a non-zero errorlevel (via a batch file or some such) and then launch another Python script to further handle the error output. My goal is to upload error reports to a server. My criteria for preference are first performance and second conformance with Python style. Any overwhelming opinion or alternative solution? Thanks again. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
