diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index e77e7d40..1a26703d 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 03/26/2009
 - fixed parser not to create error on `word` in double quoted strings
 - allow PHP  array(...)
+- implemented  $smarty.block.name.parent to access parent block content
+- fixed smarty.class
+
 
 03/23/2009
 - fixed {foreachelse} and {forelse} tags
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index d0a2b823..54b9ef38 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase {
 * @param string $code the error code
 */
 class SmartyException {
-    public function printException($e)
+    public static function printException($e)
     {
         echo "Code: " . $e->getCode() . "<br />Error: " . htmlentities($e->getMessage()) . "<br />"
          . "File: " . $e->getFile() . "<br />"
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/internal.compile_smarty.php b/libs/sysplugins/internal.compile_smarty.php
index 9a30885e..cfd4b2d0 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/internal.compile_smarty.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/internal.compile_smarty.php
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
             case 'global':
                 return "\$_smarty_tpl->smarty->getGlobalVariable($_index[1])->value";
             case 'block':
-               return "'".addcslashes($compiler->template->block_data[trim($_index[1],"'")]['source'],"'")."'";
+                if ($_index[2] == '\'parent\'') {
+                    return "'" . addcslashes($compiler->template->block_data[trim($_index[1], "'")]['source'], "'") . "'";
+                } else {
+                    return "''";
+                } 
             case 'ldelim':
                 $_ldelim = $this->smarty->left_delimiter;
                 return "'$_ldelim'";
@@ -97,8 +101,8 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
                 break;
         } 
         if (isset($_index[1])) {
-           $compiled_ref = $compiled_ref . "[$_index[1]]";
-           }
+            $compiled_ref = $compiled_ref . "[$_index[1]]";
+        } 
         return $compiled_ref;
     } 
 }