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diff --git a/lib/base.pm b/lib/base.pm
index 04a8aa9..9c2135b 100644
--- a/lib/base.pm
+++ b/lib/base.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package base;
 
 use strict 'vars';
 use vars qw($VERSION);
-$VERSION = '2.04';
+$VERSION = '2.07';
 
 # constant.pm is slow
 sub SUCCESS () { 1 }
@@ -38,11 +38,26 @@ sub get_attr {
     return $Fattr->{$_[0]};
 }
 
-sub get_fields {
-    # Shut up a possible typo warning.
-    () = \%{$_[0].'::FIELDS'};
+if ($] < 5.009) {
+    *get_fields = sub {
+	# Shut up a possible typo warning.
+	() = \%{$_[0].'::FIELDS'};
+	my $f = \%{$_[0].'::FIELDS'};
 
-    return \%{$_[0].'::FIELDS'};
+	# should be centralized in fields? perhaps
+	# fields::mk_FIELDS_be_OK. Peh. As long as %{ $package . '::FIELDS' }
+	# is used here anyway, it doesn't matter.
+	bless $f, 'pseudohash' if (ref($f) ne 'pseudohash');
+
+	return $f;
+    }
+}
+else {
+    *get_fields = sub {
+	# Shut up a possible typo warning.
+	() = \%{$_[0].'::FIELDS'};
+	return \%{$_[0].'::FIELDS'};
+    }
 }
 
 sub import {
@@ -63,7 +78,7 @@ sub import {
 	      unless defined ${$base.'::VERSION'};
         }
         else {
-            local $SIG{__DIE__} = 'IGNORE';
+            local $SIG{__DIE__};
             eval "require $base";
             # Only ignore "Can't locate" errors from our eval require.
             # Other fatal errors (syntax etc) must be reported.
@@ -82,7 +97,7 @@ ERROR
         push @{"$inheritor\::ISA"}, $base;
 
         if ( has_fields($base) || has_attr($base) ) {
-	    # No multiple fields inheritence *suck*
+	    # No multiple fields inheritance *suck*
 	    if ($fields_base) {
 		require Carp;
 		Carp::croak("Can't multiply inherit %FIELDS");
@@ -137,10 +152,9 @@ sub inherit_fields {
         }
     }
 
-    unless( keys %$bfields ) {
-        foreach my $idx (1..$#{$battr}) {
-            $dattr->[$idx] = $battr->[$idx] & INHERITED;
-        }
+    foreach my $idx (1..$#{$battr}) {
+	next if defined $dattr->[$idx];
+	$dattr->[$idx] = $battr->[$idx] & INHERITED;
     }
 }
 
@@ -178,11 +192,22 @@ it, <base> will define $VERSION in the base package, setting it to the string
 C<-1, set by base.pm>.
 
 Will also initialize the fields if one of the base classes has it.
-Multiple inheritence of fields is B<NOT> supported, if two or more
+Multiple inheritance of fields is B<NOT> supported, if two or more
 base classes each have inheritable fields the 'base' pragma will
 croak.  See L<fields>, L<public> and L<protected> for a description of
 this feature.
 
+=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Base class package "%s" is empty.
+
+base.pm was unable to require the base package, because it was not
+found in your path.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 HISTORY
 
 This module was introduced with Perl 5.004_04.