Hi, Chris! Also las ich bei Chris Moline [mailto:ugly-daemon / home.com] > > [...] > > So a metaclass is a class about a class. If ruby didn't have > class variables I > would use an ordinary object that maintained the info that I > would otherwise put > into class variables. Is this analogous to what metaclasses are for?? As long as you can tie your info-object strictly to that very class you need it for, yes. ... as far as I can think today! CU, -- Hippo (aka Matthias Lampert, Hamburg) Just another XP and Ruby fan