Currently we have REQUEST.set(). This is nice, but I think there is a need for a general-purpose variable namespace that isn't related to REQUEST (plus the fact that typing "REQUEST.set(...)" all the time isn't so cool). I have one specific case where it's simply arduous having to mix real REQUEST variables -- meaning those that come in through the query string or form data -- with actual request-related variables. How about adding something like _.set()? -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "He could open a tin of sardines with his teeth, strike a Swan Vestas on his chin, rope steers, drive a steam locomotive and hum all the works of Gilbert and Sullivan without becoming confused or breaking down in tears." --Robert Rankin, _The Book of Ultimate Truths_