note Aristotle Well, the point is twofold: <ol> <li>Most importantly, we need a way for a generic <tt>DESTROY</tt> to work.</li> <li>Ideally we wouldn't have to name the the field more than [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OnceAndOnlyOnce|once and only once].</li> </ol> The attribute semantics seem to offer the most succint possible syntax to reach both of those goals - provided it can at all be made to work, of course. <p align="right"><em>Makeshifts last the longest.</em></p> 220776 221227