On Monday 17 November 2003 9:23 am, Skip Montanaro wrote: > Do I have to call str() around any string I want to pass to a regular > Python function Yes, if it is a PTL function. Or, you can have a call to an external fcn that is not ptl. For example, this would also work: def setencoding(request): request.response.set_encoding("iso-8859-1") def freddie2 [html] (request): ... setencoding() That's just the way Quixote works. :) Regards, Mark