Lars T. Kyllingstad: > f one really wants to avoid typing, just use alias: > alias my.very.long.string.of.symbols x; > a = x.foo; > x.foo = b; See my suggestion (where there's a p instead of s: http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D&article_id=90439 Bye, bearophile