> What's the problem again? > > I mean, really, any OO shop has it's local culture, of what the base > classes > are and so forth. That pretty much sounds like the problem, in a nutshell. And shop-level is a pretty narrow point of view. What about something that I d/l from the net, where the code is out of my control and unfamiliar? Why can't I reuse code predictably w/o having to figure out how a particular individual/organization allows it? > Is there a standard? No. Does there need to be one? I don't see a need > for it. What's wrong with something simple, like saying all classes have an implicit new() method that is overloadable? Is this really *that* complicated? Maybe I'm not getting the Big Picture. ________________________________________ matt youell http://www.youell.com/matt/ "think different - just like everyone else"Thread Previous | Thread Next