>2) Some way to call a specific handler of a specific object.  For
>regular handlers, "send" is a reasonable way to do this, albeit slower
>(because the arguments must be evaluated) and more wordy.  But other
>than SuperCard, which has a "via" construct, none of the xTalks can
>call a function in another object's script.  One way to do this would
>be to give names to these "libraries" so that you could do something
>like:
>put somelibrary:somefunction() into field 1
>The names could just be the name of objects, I suppose, but this
>doesn't look so hot:
>put stack "mylibrary":somefunction() into field 1

I have allways wondered, why there is no
  request somefunction(p1,p2) from stack "mylibrary"
The syntax is used by HyperCard for AppleScripts.

Regards
    R�diger
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