From: Ben Tompkins Date: 2007-09-08T21:33:12+09:00 Subject: Re: simple way to encapsulate class << self ; attr_accessor Giles, While you're at it, how about overloading >> to alias << in the context of class OPERATOR object, as the arrows are obviously pointing the wrong way as it stands :). (See my "dyslexic" posting on this forum - i.e. do a search on "dyslexic" and read my final posting for that thread. Ben -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.