From: "T. Onoma" Date: 2003-11-20T20:01:37+09:00 Subject: Re: retry does not work Guy: > T> no, i wrote the library. ;) but i don't want interface code in it so i > T> can resue it under differnt circumstances. > > Then change it : your need of resume in this case, just means that your > library was badly designed thats crap. were taking about seperation of concerns --that's not bad design. i have a library i use for downloading files. i have a user interface script that uses the library. things happen in the library and if the user has set verbose more i should be able to report them to the user *without* having to write special esoteric message passing code. sounds aweful dosen't it? come on, are you goating me? -ts