>>Earlier in the thread I said that I'd come down on the side of readability over some miniscule performance gain. I think you summed up the underlying possibilities quite nicely. :-)
>Thank you, I'm a better philosopher than I am programmer (unfortunately)

Ah, don't give me that.:-)

>>Small personal segue here. First, good to see you back. Second, I miss the previous signature.:-)
>Again, thank you. What was the previous sig? "A bipolar theory does not neatly describe a continuum"? "Question Authority, but not your Mother"?

The bipolar theory one, which is not to be confused with bipolar bear theory.:-)