Would this be of interest in general... I have always wanted a more capable literal array than what we have now.. #( 123 23 'das' ) whynot: #( 'ac'->23 2->'casd' myVar1) ... evaluates to a collection.. so I just tried this out with a BlockClosure: asArray | stmts anArray | stmts := self decompile statements. anArray := Array new: stmts size. stmts doWithIndex: [ :eaNode :indx| | start end value| start := (eaNode asString indexOf: ${)+1. end := (eaNode asString lastIndexOf: $})-1. value := Compiler evaluate: (eaNode asString copyFrom: start to: end) for: self receiver logged: false. anArray at: indx put: value]. ^anArray So we could do: ['abc'->123. 'def'->456. 'efg'->789. 'hij'->123. 'klm'->456.] asArray. [self checkThisUsingKeywordMethod: 'abc' with:'efg'. localVar1. instanceVar1 ] asArray to yield arrays.. not neat, I would much rather prefer the literals do their job their way... but works.. for the narrow set I have tried so far.. Any comments.. -Skrish