Robert, A quick summary of what your recent changes did for CW8, in case the metacomm tests don't soon: * test_delete_pointer pass. * test_demo_auto_ptr pass. * test_deque pass. * test_diamond pass. * test_map pass. * test_non_default_ctor pass. * test_non_intrusive pass. * test_optional pass. * test_private_ctor pass. * test_split pass. * test_vector pass. I only tested the previous failures. And for some the metacomm tests show a failure for things were previously fixed. Also it looks like some of the failures are now different, meaning you fixed something only to have it fail on something else. -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com - 102708583/icq