>>The way I work, when I'm working on a particular object or class, that's my focus. I could care less about any objects it might invoke or that might invoke it.
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>I guess it's just a blind spot for me. <<

Actually, that explains it for me. I had considered it, but was afraid that I would be creating a label that would have been received negatively.

I'm a "parallel programmer" (vs a "serial programmer" ?) ... I'm frequently working/modifying 10+ programs and class libraries at the same time. I'm constantly referring back to the bigger picture, and making global changes.

It may be related to "design-on-fly" vs "pre-design" ... each has its relative merits and appropriate conditions.