>>awesome, thanks Albert. I hadn't seen "this_access" before!
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>It is a shame that Larry and I responded so late in the thread. I am sure that the people who could most benefit from our examples will not read so deeply into a thread on the assumption of thread drift.
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We need a "break thread" button :-)

>You could also use this technique to fake multiple inheritance by wrapping a set of classes.

Yes indeed, that why I was so impressed with your response (and Larry's)