From: "bpettichord@..." Date: 2006-09-12T13:50:04+09:00 Subject: Re: Constant lookup starting in superclass, not derived class I was bumping against the same wall you are for a while. Later, i learned how to use meta classes and then realized that they gave me exactly what i was looking for. http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/seeingMetaclassesClearly.html Bret