curiouser and curiouser, {BUG 2000 1023} does not exhibit the bug but {BUG 2000 1024} does 1024??? another clue? but to what? -- Dr. Denys Duchier - IRI & LIFL - CNRS, Lille, France +33 (0)6 25 78 25 74 http://www.lifl.fr/~duchier/