From: Robert Klemme Date: 2006-09-12T00:30:32+09:00 Subject: Re: string as nil or empty string? ChrisH wrote: > Every thing is an object, but varaibles are references to objects. > If you don't specify an object for a variable to refer to than nil > seems the best default, yes? Often yes, but this may vary according to circumstances. Since I haven't seen more detail that's about as specific I will get here. :-) Kind regards robert