On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:30:09 +1300, Regan Heath <regan at netwin.co.nz> wrote: > I didn't mean to suggest that 'in' was a replacement for what is passed, > but rather that the default initialiser is a replacement for what > _isn't_ passed. Oops, here I am muddying the waters, "default initialiser" should read "default parameter". Regan