Hi Bruce ----

>> Sometimes, if I am not going to have PUBLIC variables, I'll leave out the scoping in the variable name, ie., aMyArray and not laMyArray.
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>That was a comment I had buried in another part of the thread. Since I no longer have any PUBLICS (or PRIVATES), what is the point of carrying the extra 'l' on all local vars (everything else is either property or parameter)? Besides habit, anyway :)

Precisely. If your LOCAL declaration for local vars is in your method or proc header anyway (where it should be) then the "l" prefix is superfluous.