> > > That means you can do things like > > > > > > [{0,1,2,3}]=foo > > > > > > to set the first four elements to the same value
This does work, but only in this context. It's a hard sell to say that it should work when using compound assignments and not any other time. I'm inclined to either disable it for consistency's sake or make it dependent on the compatibility level. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/