Greetings, I'm back from vacation. I have a note and a question regarding the binary_int template. 1. I've compiled the binary_int template with Microsoft Visual Studio.NET version 7.0. It gets unhappy when the most significant bit is set in a 32-bit binary word. The compiler reports: warning C4307: '*' : integral constant overflow along with a bunch of other stuff about the template instantiation. It seems to be only a warning however, since the executable is still produced and runs properly. I tried a couple of things in the enum definition to try and convince the compiler to use an unsigned int for the computation, but to no avail. I couldn't figure out a way to get rid of the warning. 2. Pavel Vozenilek thinks that the names binary_nibble and binary_int could be improved on. Pavel suggests the names 'nibble' and 'bits', noting that the term 'binary' has too many connotations in C++. At any rate, what do folks think would be good names for these two templates? Thanks. Scott Schurr