>>> another question; what is the best way to "fail" a constructor call? >>> For >>> example, I have a constructor "timage.loadimage()", and I want it to >>> return >>> "nil" if it encounters a problem (e.g. the file name doesn't exist). My >> >> Use fail :-) > > I cant find any construct "fail". Or do you mean "raise" ? fail is a keyword in constructors, see tokens.pas and psub.pas and search for _FAIL