In article <1138805854.533303.279610 at g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, ... > Granted, it is a pain to change type declarations. I see it is time for the bi-monthly reminder that C++ is not the ideal example of strong static typing, unless you just want to make it look bad. Cf. Hindley-Milner type inference. Donn Cave, donn at u.washington.edu