On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:58:06 +0900, Alex Young <alex / blackkettle.org> wrote:
> I should have subclassed, but isn't the convention that we can modify classes
> to our own desires?

Since your modification does sound safe (though you're going to need to be very careful about @owner's readers...), I'll see if I can think of a solution for the customization problem (suggestions welcome!).

-mental