--- a/mde/exception.d	Thu Mar 27 16:15:21 2008 +0000
+++ b/mde/exception.d	Thu Apr 03 17:26:52 2008 +0100
@@ -27,26 +27,27 @@
  * "mde.pkg.file.Class" describing where the exception was thrown. (Since only methods overload
  * correctly, symbol is made static and an overloadable method is used to access the correct symbol.)
  */
-class mdeException : Exception {
-    static const symbol = "mde";	/// Override in derived classes to name the module where the error occured.
+ class mdeException : Exception {
+     /// Override in derived classes to name the module where the error occured.
     char[] getSymbol () {
-        return symbol;
+        return "mde";
+    }
+    /// Prefix msg, e.g.: "mde.foo: message"
+    char[] prefixedMsg () {
+        return getSymbol() ~ ": " ~ msg;
     }
     this (char[] msg) {
-        super(getSymbol() ~ ": " ~ msg);
+        super(msg);
     }
     this () {			// No supplied error message.
-        super(symbol);
+        super("");
     }
 }
 
 /// Thrown when loading options fails.
 class optionsLoadException : mdeException {
-    // NOTE: if symbol is final, it can't be modified in the static this(), but as const it can
-    static const char[] symbol;
-    static this () {	symbol = super.symbol ~ ".options";	}
     char[] getSymbol () {
-        return symbol;
+        return super.getSymbol ~ ".options";
     }
     
     this (char[] msg) {
@@ -56,11 +57,8 @@
 
 /// Thrown when loading strings for the requested name and current locale fails.
 class L10nLoadException : mdeException {
-    // NOTE: if symbol is final, it can't be modified in the static this(), but as const it can
-    static const char[] symbol;
-    static this () {	symbol = super.symbol ~ ".i18n.I18nTranslation";	}
     char[] getSymbol () {
-        return symbol;
+        return super.getSymbol ~ ".i18n.I18nTranslation";
     }
     
     this (char[] msg) {