>>>>> "d" == dblack <dblack / candle.superlink.net> writes: d> Whoops, I have reintroduced deprecated terminology into the discussion d> :-) And I probably can't answer your question very cogently. But I d> guess I'd store them wherever they'd be stored if they were named d> @_var, only I wouldn't name them @_var. and if someone define an instance variable @_var, this instance variable become a class local variable automatically (because it's stored with class local variable), no ? Guy Decoux