> maybe I want to override (and by that I mean NOT run the code in) > parent.updateDisplayList. But if I override updateDisplayList, > then at some point in my method I've got to call super.updateDisplayList > to get anything to work. But that means I'm going to run all the code in > super.updateDisplayList, when in reality I just want to run the code in > grandParent.updateDisplayList.
EXACTLY! Forgive my nativity but is there no way to hack the required functionality into the super class or something higher that it inherits from? This kind of thing went on all the time with AS1. tonio

