>>>>> "Perl6" == Perl6 RFC Librarian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Perl6> Perl should be modified so that if C<$ISA::Search> (or equivalent) Do you mean "$YOUR_PACKAGE::ISA::Search" which is in the package "YOUR_PACKAGE::ISA"? This would be the first time (to my knowledge) that something would be in an unrelated package. Remember... there is no necessary correlation between $A and $A::B as of yet. Your proposal would breach that. Presuming the rest of the idea is deemed sound enough to implement (:-), I'd strongly suggest the variable name be something like $ISA_SEARCH or something like that, to keep it in the same package. -- 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!