David,

I'm not sure if it'll fill in all of the holes for you, but it'll sure help.

>Based on Amazon reviews of Hacker's guide, it seems like this ought to be in my library and I'm working on it. Will this provide me with the in-depth understanding of foundation class behavior I'm looking for? My ideal is a comprehensive technical interface spec that fully describes all of the externally observable behavior of the foundation classes. I want control, damn it!