The basic problem is that I always hated looking at C++ and not knowing whether I was looking at a function or a method, so I'm not going to make standard Perl work like that. On the other hand, there's always
use self ""; to go with everyone else's preferences: use self "." use self "`" use self "·" use self ".." use self "^." use self "i." use self "o." use self "¤." use self "me." use self "self." use self "this." Did I leave anyone out? Larry