Ron, Thanks for the clear explanation. I ran the debugger on the example I gave, and followed the code through until I saw the 'trick' in action for myself -- it was one of those 'aha' moments. It's a very tempting shortcut, but I'll heed your advice and steer clear.
Lukas, Thanks for clarifying this wrt Magritte - and thanks also for your work on Magritte; I'm having lots of fun experimenting with it at the moment! Cheers, Michael _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners