Is there a simple way to subclass RecordArrays? it seems not. suppose i want to have a class RecArrayD(RecArray) that returns a list of its fields, much like a Dict does: recarrayD.keys() the problem is that the fromXXX functions in records.py know only about the one RecArray. and RecArrayD._copyFrom() seems to be of little help, since the new style RecArray has to be framed out first, so to speak. which leaves me to write a new fromRecArray() function that uses the new class. all to get a list of the fields. is this by design, or am i missing something? yes, i can get the keys like so: recarray._names, but i assume that the '_' in front of '_names' is there for a reason, like maybe don't count on it??? or would the designers be willing to add a keys()-like method in for the next release? les schaffer