Ok, so now I have a question. I was trying to get more fancy with the Config class, and add an "allow" method, so that: class MyConf include Conf allow :add, :del #... end I started by trying to do: Module Conf def Conf::allow( *symbols ) #... end end This didn't work, and I subsequently went on a merry chase, trying various derivatinos on the theme, including Module::allow, class << self, etc. Is this possible, or does the fact that Conf is a module and not a class make this impossible? --- SER