In article <475ae612$0$645$426a34cc@news.free.fr>, Bruno Desthuilliers <bdesth.quelquechose@free.quelquepart.fr> wrote: > > Thus: close; > > could replace close(); Wouldn't this give an ambiguity? afcn=close # make an "alias" to the close function val=close() # set val to the return value of the close function -- -- Lou Pecora