Previously Anthony Towns wrote: > Upside: it works, and the patch isn't too intrusive. Downside: hella > ugly on so many levels. I'm sure there's a C++ StdLib technique for > what the IHateCPP class does, at least. Looks like an auto_ptr ? Wichert. -- Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net> It is simple to make things. http://www.wiggy.net/ It is hard to make things simple.