The error message is definitely rather terse (I guess {- EOF -} means end of file although end of function definition would be more appropriate).

Agreed! I kept monkeying with the file types (there are often end-of-line issues when working with Unix-based tools under Cygwin) to see if I might just be missing a valid EOF character, etc. I think 'End of Function' would make things much clearer. Of course, once I actually bothered *looking* at things, it made sense. But of course that would require generally more discipline than I typically possess on an ongoing basis ;-) Thanks, -Brent