I am sorry I couldn't reply sooner! Alex, Python in a nutshell is my bible and I take it virtually everywhere! Seriously, I would highly recommend it to anyone with a little to a lot of Python experience.
I apologize for misinterpreting your passage on page 80. I will look much closer at your examples, links and ideas and I hope to straighten my knowledge on the subject of delegates! Thank you for hinting on the "Template Method design pattern"! Sorry for any misunderstanding! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list