static protected function _callStaticMethod($class_and_method, &$vars, &$err, $which = null)
	{
		$tmp = explode('::', $class_and_method);
		$class = current($tmp);
		$method = next($tmp);

		if (is_callable(array( $class, $method)))
		{
			$ret = call_user_func_array(array( $class, $method ), $vars);

			if (!is_null($which))
			{
				// *** WARNING *** This is a hack for just this _callStaticMethod routine, because the offset doesn't seem to be working correctly for static methods...
				//$which = $which - 1;

				$err = $vars[$which];
			}

			return $ret;
		}

		$err = 'Static method does not exist: ' . $class . '::' . $method . '(...)';
		return false;
	}