On 1/4/07, ara.t.howard / noaa.gov <ara.t.howard / noaa.gov> wrote: > still. shorter is good. maybe something like > > __( obj ).send message This is a really bad idea, but I might as well put it out there. I don't think it's possible to do presently, but I think it's about as ugly as everything else suggested, no more, no less. A backwards send arrow ;) obj <- "message"