Hello ts, Friday, October 04, 2002, 1:12:30 PM, you wrote: t>> After syntax analysis, ruby don't know the methods used. B>> you are wrong result of lexical analysis is stream of terms. on the next stages ruby divides this stream and find terms which used as method names. this don't make 100% guarantee, but i say about mixing dynamic and static approaches -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:bulatz / integ.ru