diff --git a/tren.py b/tren.py
index 6cfa514..a4dde77 100755
--- a/tren.py
+++ b/tren.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 BASENAME = PROGNAME.split(".py")[0]
 PROGENV  = BASENAME.upper()
 INCLENV  = PROGENV + "INCL"
-RCSID = "$Id: tren.py,v 1.237 2010/08/30 02:06:42 tundra Exp $"
+RCSID = "$Id: tren.py,v 1.238 2010/09/07 18:24:18 tundra Exp $"
 VERSION = RCSID.split()[2]
 
 # Copyright Information
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 eBADLEN            =  "Bad line length '%s'!"
 eBADNEWOLD         =  "Bad -r argument '%s'!  Requires exactly one new, old string separator (Default: " + DEFSEP + ")"
 eBADREGEX          =  "Invalid Regular Expression: %s"
-eBADSLICE          =  "%s invalid slice format! Must be integer values in the form: n, start:end (start<=end), :n, n:, or :"
+eBADSLICE          =  "%s invalid slice format! Must be integer values in the form: n, :n, n:, start:end, or :"
 eERROR             =  "ERROR"
 eEXECFAIL          =  "Renaming token: '%s', command '%s' Failed To Execute!"
 eFILEOPEN          =  "Cannot open file '%s': %s!"
@@ -980,9 +980,6 @@
                     if (tend != SINGLEINST and tend < 0):
                         tend = bound + tend
 
-                    if tstart > tend:
-                        ErrorMsg(eBADSLICE % "%d:%d" % (renrequest[TARGETSTART], renrequest[TARGETEND]))
-
                     # Condition and bounds check the target range as needed
 
                     # Handle single position references
@@ -1008,7 +1005,15 @@
                     # Handle slice range requests
 
                     else:
-                        lname, newname, rname = newname[:tstart], newname[tstart:tend], newname[tend:]
+
+                        # Out-Of-Bounds or invalid slice ranges will
+                        # cause renaming request to be ignored as above
+
+                        if newname[tstart:tend]:
+                            lname, newname, rname = newname[:tstart], newname[tstart:tend], newname[tend:]
+
+                        else:
+                            lname, newname, rname = newname, "", ""                            
                     
 
                 # Handle conventional string replacement renaming requests
@@ -1619,11 +1624,6 @@
             else:
                 rhs = int(rhs)
 
-            # In the case of an explicit range, make sure the start <= end
-
-            if (lhs != None and rhs != None) and (lhs > rhs):
-                raise
-
         # Process single indexes
 
         else: