shaping@bigfoot.com [SMTP:shaping@bigfoot.com] said:

>How about class method #only?

Hi Shaping.

The "Design Patterns Smalltalk Companion" book's example implementation of Singleton uses

Singleton class>>current

which is the same protocol that I've also used for years to represent the single instance.

---==> Chris

PS> More on "Design Patterns Smalltalk Comparison" can be found at:

http://www.awl.com/cseng/swpatterns