On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Patrick Hurley wrote: >> or just use >> >> attr_reader 'variable?' wow. you are right. it fails silently on 1.8.1 and throws an error on 1.8.4. don't know what i was thinking!? now that i think about it it was one of the reasons i wrote traits! very, sorry for noise. -a -- be kind whenever possible... it is always possible. - h.h. the 14th dali lama