note dragonchild Very very nice! I only wish I could ++ more than once. <p>I also very much like the use of an object to handle everything. And, if you use this as a Facade, then you get all sorts of reusability. To extend your idea just a little... <ul> <li>Loop_control would be composed of: <ul> <li>An error-handling object <li>The object you're working on (like a network socket) <li>The Strategy object you want to apply </ul> </ul> All Loop_control would do would be the client. :-) <p>------<br><i>We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.</i><p>Don't go borrowing trouble. For programmers, this means <i>Worry only about what you need to implement.</i> 133899 133899