note brian_d_foy <p> Don't forget that labels escape strictures too. If Perl can tell what it is, strict doesn't care. With filehandles it knows by position. With labels, it's the colon. You can forward define subs too, and get away with it. </p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-366986"> -- <br /> brian d foy <bdfoy@cpan.org> </div></div> 435338 435534