diff --git a/Lib/UserDict.py b/Lib/UserDict.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b2f82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/UserDict.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# A more or less complete user-defined wrapper around dictionary objects
+
+class UserDict:
+	def __init__(self): self.data = {}
+	def __repr__(self): return repr(self.data)
+	def __cmp__(self, dict):
+		if type(dict) == type(self.data):
+			return cmp(self.data, dict)
+		else:
+			return cmp(self.data, dict.data)
+	def __len__(self): return len(self.data)
+	def __getitem__(self, key): return self.data[key]
+	def __setitem__(self, key, item): self.data[key] = item
+	def __delitem__(self, key): del self.data[key]
+	def keys(self): return self.data.keys()
+	def items(self): return self.data.items()
+	def values(self): return self.data.values()
+	def has_key(self, key): return self.data.has_key(key)
diff --git a/Lib/UserList.py b/Lib/UserList.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fbcc02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/UserList.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# A more or less complete user-defined wrapper around list objects
+
+class UserList:
+	def __init__(self, *args):
+		if len(args) > 1: raise TypeError, 'too many args'
+		self.data = []
+		if args:
+			list = args[0]
+			if type(list) == type(self.data):
+				self.data[:] = list
+			else:
+				self.data[:] = list.data[:]
+	def __repr__(self): return repr(self.data)
+	def __cmp__(self, list):
+		if type(list) == type(self.data):
+			return cmp(self.data, list)
+		else:
+			return cmp(self.data, list.data)
+	def __len__(self): return len(self.data)
+	def __getitem__(self, i): return self.data[i]
+	def __setitem__(self, i, item): self.data[i] = item
+	def __delitem__(self, i): del self.data[i]
+	def __getslice__(self, i, j):
+		userlist = UserList()
+		userlist.data[:] = self.data[i:j]
+		return userlist
+	def __setslice__(self, i, j, list):
+		if type(list) == type(self.data):
+			self.data[i:j] = list
+		else:
+			self.data[i:j] = list.data
+	def __delslice__(self, i, j): del self.data[i:j]
+	def append(self, item): self.data.append(item)
+	def insert(self, i, item): self.data.insert(i, item)
+	def remove(self, item): self.data.remove(item)
+	def count(self, item): return self.data.count(item)
+	def index(self, item): return self.data.index(item)
+	def reverse(self): self.data.reverse()
+	def sort(self, *args): apply(self.data.sort, args)
diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py
index dc66241..22852bc 100644
--- a/Lib/ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/ftplib.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # An FTP client class.  Based on RFC 959: File Transfer Protocol
 # (FTP), by J. Postel and J. Reynolds
 
+# Changes and improvements suggested by Steve Majewski
+
 
 # Example:
 #
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@
 
 	# New initialization method (called by class instantiation)
 	# Initialize host to localhost, port to standard ftp port
+	# Optional arguments are host (for connect()),
+	# and user, passwd, acct (for login())
 	def __init__(self, *args):
 		# Initialize the instance to something mostly harmless
 		self.debugging = 0
@@ -79,7 +83,9 @@
 		self.file = None
 		self.welcome = None
 		if args:
-			apply(self.connect, args)
+			self.connect(args[0])
+			if args[1:]:
+				apply(self.login, args[1:])
 
 	# Old init method (explicitly called by caller)
 	def init(self, *args):
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@
 	# Connect to host.  Arguments:
 	# - host: hostname to connect to (default previous host)
 	# - port: port to connect to (default previous port)
-	def init(self, *args):
+	def connect(self, *args):
 		if args: self.host = args[0]
 		if args[1:]: self.port = args[1]
 		if args[2:]: raise TypeError, 'too many args'
@@ -97,7 +103,6 @@
 		self.sock.connect(self.host, self.port)
 		self.file = self.sock.makefile('r')
 		self.welcome = self.getresp()
-		return self
 
 	# Get the welcome message from the server
 	# (this is read and squirreled away by init())
@@ -276,8 +281,14 @@
 	# Retrieve data in line mode.
 	# The argument is a RETR or LIST command.
 	# The callback function is called for each line, with trailing
-	# CRLF stripped.  This creates a new port for you
-	def retrlines(self, cmd, callback):
+	# CRLF stripped.  This creates a new port for you.
+	# print_lines is the default callback 
+	def retrlines(self, cmd, args):
+		callback = None
+		if args:
+			callback = args[0]
+			if args[1:]: raise TypeError, 'too many args'
+		if not callback: callback = print_line
 		resp = self.sendcmd('TYPE A')
 		conn = self.transfercmd(cmd)
 		fp = conn.makefile('r')
@@ -328,6 +339,20 @@
 		self.retrlines(cmd, files.append)
 		return files
 
+	# List a directory in long form.  By default list current directory
+	# to stdout.  Optional last argument is callback function;
+	# all non-empty arguments before it are concatenated to the
+	# LIST command.  (This *should* only be used for a pathname.)
+	def dir(self, *args):
+		cmd = 'LIST' 
+		func = None
+		if args[-1:] and type(args[-1]) != type(''):
+			args, func = args[:-1], args[-1]
+		for arg in args:
+			if arg:
+				cmd = cmd + (' ' + arg) 
+		self.retrlines(cmd, func)
+
 	# Rename a file
 	def rename(self, fromname, toname):
 		resp = self.sendcmd('RNFR ' + fromname)
@@ -338,9 +363,13 @@
 	# Change to a directory
 	def cwd(self, dirname):
 		if dirname == '..':
-			cmd = 'CDUP'
-		else:
-			cmd = 'CWD ' + dirname
+			try:
+				self.voidcmd('CDUP')
+				return
+			except error_perm, msg:
+				if msg[:3] != '500':
+					raise error_perm, msg
+		cmd = 'CWD ' + dirname
 		self.voidcmd(cmd)
 
 	# Retrieve the size of a file
@@ -390,6 +419,10 @@
 		dirname = dirname + c
 	return dirname
 
+# Default retrlines callback to print a line
+def print_line(line):
+	print line
+
 
 # Test program.
 # Usage: ftp [-d] host [-l[dir]] [-d[dir]] [file] ...
@@ -409,12 +442,9 @@
 		ftp = FTP(host)
 		ftp.set_debuglevel(debugging)
 		ftp.login()
-		def writeln(line): print line
 		for file in sys.argv[2:]:
 			if file[:2] == '-l':
-				cmd = 'LIST'
-				if file[2:]: cmd = cmd + ' ' + file[2:]
-				ftp.retrlines(cmd, writeln)
+				ftp.dir(file[2:])
 			elif file[:2] == '-d':
 				cmd = 'CWD'
 				if file[2:]: cmd = cmd + ' ' + file[2:]
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_b1.py b/Lib/test/test_b1.py
index 396c5c2..434b379 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_b1.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_b1.py
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@
 unlink(TESTFN)
 
 print 'filter'
-if filter("c: 'a' <= c <= 'z'", 'Hello World') <> 'elloorld':
+if filter(lambda c: 'a' <= c <= 'z', 'Hello World') <> 'elloorld':
 	raise TestFailed, 'filter (filter a string)'
 if filter(None, [1, 'hello', [], [3], '', None, 9, 0]) <> [1, 'hello', [3], 9]:
 	raise TestFailed, 'filter (remove false values)'
-if filter('x: x > 0', [1, -3, 9, 0, 2]) <> [1, 9, 2]:
+if filter(lambda x: x > 0, [1, -3, 9, 0, 2]) <> [1, 9, 2]:
 	raise TestFailed, 'filter (keep positives)'
 
 print 'float'
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@
 if int(3.14) <> 3: raise TestFailed, 'int(3.14)'
 if int(314L) <> 314: raise TestFailed, 'int(314L)'
 
-print 'lambda'
-binary_plus = lambda('x, y: x+y')
-if binary_plus(2, 10) <> 12:
-	raise TestFailed, 'binary_plus(2, 10)'
-
 print 'len'
 if len('123') <> 3: raise TestFailed, 'len(\'123\')'
 if len(()) <> 0: raise TestFailed, 'len(())'
@@ -146,13 +141,13 @@
 	raise TestFailed, 'map(None, \'abcd\', \'efg\')'
 if map(None, range(10)) <> [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]:
 	raise TestFailed, 'map(None, range(10))'
-if map('x: x*x', range(1,4)) <> [1, 4, 9]:
-	raise TestFailed, 'map(\'x: x*x\', range(1,4))'
+if map(lambda x: x*x, range(1,4)) <> [1, 4, 9]:
+	raise TestFailed, 'map(lambda x: x*x, range(1,4))'
 from math import sqrt
-if map('x: map(sqrt,x)', [[16, 4], [81, 9]]) <> [[4.0, 2.0], [9.0, 3.0]]:
-	raise TestFailed, map('x: map(sqrt,x)', [[16, 4], [81, 9]])
-if map('x,y: x+y', [1,3,2], [9,1,4]) <> [10, 4, 6]:
-	raise TestFailed, 'map(\'x,y: x+y\', [1,3,2], [9,1,4])'
+if map(lambda x: map(sqrt,x), [[16, 4], [81, 9]]) <> [[4.0, 2.0], [9.0, 3.0]]:
+	raise TestFailed, 'map(lambda x: map(sqrt,x), [[16, 4], [81, 9]])'
+if map(lambda x, y: x+y, [1,3,2], [9,1,4]) <> [10, 4, 6]:
+	raise TestFailed, 'map(lambda x,y: x+y, [1,3,2], [9,1,4])'
 def plus(*v):
 	accu = 0
 	for i in v: accu = accu + i
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_b2.py b/Lib/test/test_b2.py
index 037955e..7118b08 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_b2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_b2.py
@@ -112,13 +112,14 @@
 	fp.close()
 
 print 'reduce'
-if reduce('x,y:x+y', ['a', 'b', 'c'], '') <> 'abc':
+if reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, ['a', 'b', 'c'], '') <> 'abc':
 	raise TestFailed, 'reduce(): implode a string'
-if reduce('x,y:x+y', [['a', 'c'], [], ['d', 'w']], []) <> ['a','c','d','w']:
+if reduce(lambda x, y: x+y,
+	  [['a', 'c'], [], ['d', 'w']], []) <> ['a','c','d','w']:
 	raise TestFailed, 'reduce(): append'
-if reduce('x,y: x*y', range(2,8), 1) <> 5040:
+if reduce(lambda x, y: x*y, range(2,8), 1) <> 5040:
 	raise TestFailed, 'reduce(): compute 7!'
-if reduce('x,y:x*y', range(2,21), 1L) <> 2432902008176640000L:
+if reduce(lambda x, y: x*y, range(2,21), 1L) <> 2432902008176640000L:
 	raise TestFailed, 'reduce(): compute 20!, use long'
 
 print 'reload'
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_select.py b/Lib/test/test_select.py
index 89088ef..f185308 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_select.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_select.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Testing select module
 
-from test_support import *
-
 def test():
 	import select
 	import os
diff --git a/Lib/test/testall.out b/Lib/test/testall.out
index 90c1202..46a728e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/testall.out
+++ b/Lib/test/testall.out
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 getattr
 hex
 int
-lambda
 len
 long
 map