scratchpad BrentDax <CODE> t/op/re.........ok 6/5# Looks like you planned 5 tests but ran 1 extra. t/op/re.........dubious Test returned status 1 (wstat 256, 0x100) Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Perl/lib/Test/Harness.pm line 990. DIED. FAILED test Failed 0/5 tests, 100.00% okay ... Failed 1/9 test scripts, 88.89% okay. -1/122 subtests failed, 100.82% okay. </CODE> <HR> &lt;[dws]&gt; a role is most often a directed relationship between two entities. E.g., "Employee" is a role that a Person can have in relation to a Company.<BR> &lt;[jcwren]&gt; Or Supreme Ruler to the rest of the galaxy. <HR> <CODE>Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Believe me, you don't want to use \"-u\" on a Macintosh"); -- perl.c</CODE>