<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>What was happening was, I was using __PACKAGE__->log instead of $me->log to log<div>when there was a locking problem -- which is of course intermittent and random -- and</div><div>as the ->log method uses properties of the passed instance variable in determining the name</div><div>of the file to log to, it failed (as designed.)</div><div><br></div><div>Score:</div><div>Â Â Â David's carelessness when hacking late at night: 1</div><div>Â Â Â David's prudent use of HCF on minor errors to expose deeper problems: 1</div><div><br></div><div>Conclusion: risk mitigation strategy effective.<br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>I trust the library got their cable back. I'm curious as to if it got deployed any after I left.</div><div><br></div><div>--dln</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman, serif">"Lay off that whiskey, and let that cocaine be!" -- Johnny Cash</font><br></div></div></div></div>