I haven't actually used hooks too much yet <g>. I'm still trying to figure out what a _judicious_ use would be. Mostly :: works for me, too, but as my framework gets more complicated (messy?) I'm thinking hooks would help me with documentation and traceablity...Just thinking out loud.

>Bob,
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>FWIW, simply issuing ParentClass::Method() inside my overridden code without the need of hook operations has been sufficient for me, but I don't work in a big programming team. Hooks are useful in some situations though.
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