diff --git a/tconfpy.py b/tconfpy.py
index e5bc225..682c10c 100755
--- a/tconfpy.py
+++ b/tconfpy.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Program Information
 
 PROGNAME = "tconfpy"
-RCSID = "$Id: tconfpy.py,v 1.174 2004/04/14 22:46:24 tundra Exp $"
+RCSID = "$Id: tconfpy.py,v 1.175 2004/04/14 23:33:12 tundra Exp $"
 VERSION = RCSID.split()[2]
 
 # Copyright Information
@@ -73,12 +73,13 @@
 EQUAL       = r'='         # Used in vbl definition
 EQUIV       = r"=="        # Used in conditional tests
 NAMESPACE   = "NAMESPACE"  # Key used to get current namespace
-NSSEP       = '.'          # Namespace separator character
+PERIOD      = r'.'
+NSSEP       = PERIOD       # Namespace separator character
 NOTEQUIV    = r"!="        # Used in conditional tests
 
 # Control and conditional symbols
 
-CONDINTRO   = '.'          # Conditional introducer token
+CONDINTRO   = PERIOD       # Conditional introducer token
 INCLUDE     = CONDINTRO + "include"
 IF          = CONDINTRO + "if"
 IFALL       = IF + "all"
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@
 
 # Pre-Defined System Symbols
 
-PREDEFINTRO   = '.'
+PREDEFINTRO   = PERIOD
 
 Predefined    = {"DELIML"                      : DELIML,
                  "DELIMR"                      : DELIMR,
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
                  "INCLUDE"                     : INCLUDE,
                  "LITERAL"                     : LITERAL,
                  "NOTEQUIV"                    : NOTEQUIV,
-                 "NSSEP"                       : NSSEP,
+                 "PERIOD"                      : PERIOD,
                  PREDEFINTRO + "MACHINENAME"   : platform.node(),
                  PREDEFINTRO + "OSDETAILS"     : platform.platform(),
                  PREDEFINTRO + "OSNAME"        : platform.system(),