>>>>> "Piers" == Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Piers> So, is there any chance that we'll be able to do: Piers> class ical { Piers> use object_name '$self'; Piers> method ical { Piers> given $self.ology { Piers> ... { $self.ish } Piers> } Piers> } Piers> } You could use the Smalltalk way by defining method myself in UNIVERSAL, which simply returns self. So ".myself" would always be yourself, which you could store if needed. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!