>I note you said "usually". You do have to be aware of VARTYPE() and objects, that the object better exist or you'll get an "Alias not found error".

Well, hopefully "This" will be available :-) But I understand what you mean. For the record, Type() does not work that way, but it can return 'O' for properties that don't actually hold objects anymore, so when checking for object properties, VarType() is faster and less typing.