> and I don't like "C++-style" mixed case variables, but that's personal taste But in this case, it's wrong. "sz" prefixed means "null-terminated string", which is certainly not the case with Perl. xoxo, Andy -- Andy Lester: andy@petdance.com http://petdance.com/ "It takes a teenage riot to get me out of bed today." ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org