Quinn Dunkan writes: [subclassing BoboException snipped] Quinn> Anyway, I think this would be a more general solution than adding Quinn> more baggage to Z_DEBUG_MODE (and what if you only want some Quinn> errors mailed?), and could provide a generalized and intuitive Quinn> way of handling all errors gracefully without doing lots of ad Quinn> res error checking (that's what exceptions are for, no?). Sounds like a much better suggestion than my (Z|BOBO)_DEBUG_MODE overload idea. I say go ahead and make the required patch and post a diff. If we rabble like it but the royalty doesn't we can always storm the castle to get our way. ;-) Skip Montanaro | Mojam: "Uniting the World of Music" http://www.mojam.com/ skip@mojam.com | Musi-Cal: http://www.musi-cal.com/ 518-372-5583