michael wrote: > Upon futher reflection, I would agree with you. It's something I > find slightly confusing when I first started with python - what the > best method sharing a global instance is. I agree any such mechanism > needs to be well thought out though. Perhaps some good documentation > is the best solution. http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node8.html#SECTION008100000000000000000 </F>