Yeah, I've since learned that feature of Python :) Like I said, this is some of the first Python code I ever wrote; it definitely does not reflect my current knowledge.
Oh, to be clear, it wasn't meant as critique -- I just saw the aptly named variable, and thought it might be useful to highlight this aspect of python to others that might be new to the language. It's one of the few "special" parts of python I have personal experience with, as I worked on a small program that dealt with parsing emails, and being able to fully comment the reg-exp over several lines as I tweaked both it and the groups was very helpful :-)
