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Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> writes:

> Somehow I must pass information down the long chain from x to y.  This
> means changing the signatures of all the intermediate methods, and
> adjusting code to the new way.  This can cause ripples incommensurate
> with the triviality of the change.

Add a static variable to x accessible to y.