Miko O'Sullivan writes: >What I've often wanted would be standard method that is called before every >subroutine call. If that method returns false then the method that was >called is not called.
What you're describing is Aspect-Oriented Programming (I think). Take a look around CPAN for Aspect.pm and Hook::LexWrap. [says Mark who has never used AOP but only read about it in "Software Development"...] =============================================== Mark Leighton Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thomson multimedia, Inc. Indianapolis IN "Display some adaptability." -- Doug Shaftoe, _Cryptonomicon_