I just wrote up several RCR's that I've been thinking about for a while and have been discussed on ruby-talk: 318 easy way(s) to make a duck 317 klass.from_s(str) or more generally klass.from_*(...) 316 arguments after a splat in a method call 315 allow required arguments after optional arguments 314 concise expression debug/trace method ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Watch the Hurricane Katrina Shelter From The Storm concert http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/shelter