Added support for defining custom/closed macro systems.

34 files changed, 664 insertions, 465 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/architecture.md b/documentation/bookmark/architecture.md
index 13cee1b37..9ae72001f 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/architecture.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/architecture.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Reference
 
 0. []()
+0. [How to plan the architectural attributes?](https://kalali.blog/2022/06/software-architecture-attributes-how-to-decide/)
 0. [Architectural Decision Records](https://adr.github.io/)
 0. [Why You Should Care about Software Architecture](https://www.infoq.com/articles/care-about-architecture/)
 0. [Software Architecture: It Might Not Be What You Think It Is](https://www.infoq.com/articles/what-software-architecture/)
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/assurance.md b/documentation/bookmark/assurance.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..841b072b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/assurance.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [High Assurance Rust: Developing Secure and Robust Software](https://highassurance.rs/landing.html)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/business/management.md b/documentation/bookmark/business/management.md
index 0e5dd29eb..f6ce4e385 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/business/management.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/business/management.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Reference
 
 0. []()
+0. [Monitoring Employees Makes Them More Likely to Break Rules](https://hbr.org/2022/06/monitoring-employees-makes-them-more-likely-to-break-rules)
+0. [Why criticism lasts longer than praise](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220624-why-criticism-lasts-longer-than-praise)
 0. [What Engineering Managers Should Do (and Why We Don’t) • Lena Reinhard • GOTO 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_bJVokYLRI)
 0. [Effective project management in 10 simple steps](https://www.cenizal.com/ten-rules-of-project-management/)
 0. [When Everything is Important But Nothing is Getting Done](https://sharedphysics.com/everything-is-important/)
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/concurrency/asynchronous.md b/documentation/bookmark/concurrency/asynchronous.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a42a589f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/concurrency/asynchronous.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [The Internals of Asynchronous Programming](https://betterprogramming.pub/asynchronous-programming-8aaae83cd9f3)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/concurrency/lock.md b/documentation/bookmark/concurrency/lock.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61bf88f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/concurrency/lock.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [Deadlock-free Mutexes and Directed Acyclic Graphs](https://bertptrs.nl/2022/06/23/deadlock-free-mutexes-and-directed-acyclic-graphs.html)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/database/distributed.md b/documentation/bookmark/database/distributed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32746c2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/database/distributed.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [Let's Remix Distributed Database Design!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNmZZLant9o)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/design.md b/documentation/bookmark/design.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d52d7454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/design.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [Banner blindness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_blindness)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/documentation.md b/documentation/bookmark/documentation.md
index ab65452ba..414242336 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/documentation.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/documentation.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 # README
 
 0. []()
+0. [writing one sentence per line](https://sive.rs/1s)
 0. https://github.com/LappleApple/feedmereadmes
 
 # Doclet
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/food.md b/documentation/bookmark/food.md
index d23173ebc..353474be8 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/food.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/food.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Reference
 
+0. []()
+0. [Remilk](https://www.remilk.com/)
 0. [Squareat](https://squareat.com/)
 
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/math/arithmetic.md b/documentation/bookmark/math/arithmetic.md
index 93e4a97ee..8959f3a51 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/math/arithmetic.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/math/arithmetic.md
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 # Saturation
 
+0. []()
 0. [Saturation arithmetic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturation_arithmetic)
 
 # Interval
 
+0. []()
 0. [Interval Arithmetic: Not All Intervals are Created Equal](https://samlikes.pizza/pluto_interval_blog.jl.html)
 0. [Growing a Language, by Guy Steele](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0&t=2214s)
 0. [Yet another alternative to floating-point numbers](https://wordsandbuttons.online/yet_another_alternative_to_floating_point_numbers.html)
 0. [Interval arithmetic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_arithmetic)
 0. [How do you compute the midpoint of an interval?](https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/576641/filename/computing-midpoint.pdf)
 
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [Wheel theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_theory)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/math/philosophy.md b/documentation/bookmark/math/philosophy.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3be3ac0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/math/philosophy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [What is the point of formalising mathematics?](https://lawrencecpaulson.github.io/2022/06/22/Why-formalise.html)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/media/content.md b/documentation/bookmark/media/content.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70a3f635a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/media/content.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [Content](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/content)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/open_source/funding.md b/documentation/bookmark/open_source/funding.md
index 877dbd6aa..fdb2802e7 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/open_source/funding.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/open_source/funding.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Reference
 
 0. []()
+0. [Comradery](https://comradery.co/)
+	0. [Comradery is developing a cooperative way to get paid online: A more democratic take on the Patreon model](https://www.theverge.com/23060001/comradery-coop-crowdfunding-patreon)
 0. [Fund OSS through package managers](https://dusted.codes/fund-oss-through-package-managers)
 
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/paradigm/logic_programming.md b/documentation/bookmark/paradigm/logic_programming.md
index 9cb7df2e6..64629d311 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/paradigm/logic_programming.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/paradigm/logic_programming.md
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 # Concurrent Logic Programming
 
+0. []()
 0. [The Joy of Concurrent Logic Programming](http://www.call-with-current-continuation.org/articles/the-joy-of-concurrent-logic-programming.txt)
 
 # Unification
 
+0. []()
 0. [Functors of the World, Unite!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k7YH9st_8U)
 
 # Inspiration
 
+0. []()
 0. [Next-Paradigm Programming Languages: What Will They Look Like and What Changes Will They Bring?](https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.00402)
 
 # Reference
 
+0. []()
+0. [Symbolic artificial intelligence at Pipedrive](https://medium.com/pipedrive-engineering/symbolic-artificial-intelligence-at-pipedrive-a9bd36d06b9e)
 0. [PrologHub](https://prologhub.com/)
 0. https://book.simply-logical.space/
 0. [Higher-Order Logic Programming](https://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/~dale/papers/Handbook_Logic_AI_LP.pdf)
@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@
 
 # Language
 
+0. []()
 0. [A Gentle Introduction to MicroKanren](https://erik-j.de/microkanren/)
 0. [Curry: A Truly Integrated Functional Logic Language](https://www-ps.informatik.uni-kiel.de/currywiki/)
 0. https://flix.github.io/
@@ -54,18 +60,22 @@
 
 # Beyond logic programming
 
+0. []()
 0. https://github.com/Web-Prolog/swi-web-prolog
 
 # Constraint Logic Programming
 
+0. []()
 0. http://www.pathwayslms.com/swipltuts/clpfd/clpfd.html
 0. https://stackabuse.com/constraint-programming-with-python-constraint/
 
 # Constraint Handling Rules
 
+0. []()
 0. http://chrjs.net/
 
 # Answer Set Programming
 
+0. []()
 0. [What Is Answer Set Programming?](https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/vl/papers/wiasp.pdf)
 
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/programming_language/design.md b/documentation/bookmark/programming_language/design.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3957c22ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/programming_language/design.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [Computer Science - Brian Kernighan on successful language design](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg4U4r_AgJU)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/software/design.md b/documentation/bookmark/software/design.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e16e07bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/software/design.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [A Compendium of Software Design](https://software-design.matteoditucci.com/)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/software_engineering/negative.md b/documentation/bookmark/software/engineering/negative.md
index fa6581c9b..fa6581c9b 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/software_engineering/negative.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/software/engineering/negative.md
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/software_engineering/practice.md b/documentation/bookmark/software/engineering/practice.md
index bedcd49f3..bedcd49f3 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/software_engineering/practice.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/software/engineering/practice.md
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/tool/text_editor/emacs.md b/documentation/bookmark/tool/text_editor/emacs.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d25adea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/tool/text_editor/emacs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [straight.el: next-generation, purely functional package manager for the Emacs hacker.](https://github.com/radian-software/straight.el)
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/user_interface/animation.md b/documentation/bookmark/user_interface/animation.md
index b0f47f6b9..7bbdca51c 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/user_interface/animation.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/user_interface/animation.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Reference
 
+0. []()
+0. [How to animate multiplayer cursors](https://liveblocks.io/blog/how-to-animate-multiplayer-cursors)
 0. [Lottie](https://lottiefiles.com/what-is-lottie)
 0. https://easings.net/
 
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/water.md b/documentation/bookmark/water.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5882e0530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/water.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reference
+
+0. []()
+0. [Air well (condenser)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_well_(condenser))
+
diff --git a/documentation/bookmark/web_framework.md b/documentation/bookmark/web_framework.md
index 87623c576..08b1aacd0 100644
--- a/documentation/bookmark/web_framework.md
+++ b/documentation/bookmark/web_framework.md
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 # State
 
+0. []()
 0. [Jotai: Primitive and flexible state management for React](https://jotai.org/)
 
 # Virtual DOM
 
+0. []()
 0. [Virtual DOM is pure overhead](https://svelte.dev/blog/virtual-dom-is-pure-overhead)
 0. [million: <1kb virtual DOM - it's fast!](https://million.js.org/)
 0. [Optimal Virtual DOM](https://blog.kabir.sh/posts/optimal-virtual-dom.html)
 
 # Input
 
+0. []()
 0. [High-performance input handling on the web](https://nolanlawson.com/2019/08/11/high-performance-input-handling-on-the-web/)
 
 # Reference
 
+0. []()
+0. [UIs Are Not Pure Functions of the Model - React.js and Cocoa Side by Side](https://blog.metaobject.com/2018/12/uis-are-not-pure-functions-of-model.html)
+0. [UIs are streaming DAGs](https://hyperfiddle.notion.site/UIs-are-streaming-DAGs-e181461681a8452bb9c7a9f10f507991)
+0. [You Might Not Need an Effect](https://beta-reactjs-org-git-you-might-not-fbopensource.vercel.app/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect)
+0. [Concepts of React Rendering](https://blog.boringdev.io/concepts-of-react-rendering)
 0. [You can't capture the nuance of my form fields](https://drewdevault.com/2021/06/27/You-cant-capture-the-nuance.html)
 0. [Line-tracking using plain CSS](https://bubblin.io/blog/line-tracking)
 0. [Redux is half of a pattern (1/2)](https://dev.to/davidkpiano/redux-is-half-of-a-pattern-1-2-1hd7)
@@ -32,6 +40,7 @@
 
 # Exemplar
 
+0. []()
 0. [Voby](https://github.com/vobyjs/voby)
 0. ["Janus: Easy Complex UI with Declarative FRP" by Issa Tseng](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S57O3VwIyQ)
 0. https://github.com/alpinejs/alpine
@@ -110,21 +119,25 @@
 
 # Architecture
 
+0. []()
 0. https://jew.ski/raj/
 0. https://github.com/redux-saga/redux-saga
 
 # Platforms
 
+0. []()
 0. https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mason
 
 # State-management
 
+0. []()
 0. [Some re-frame patterns for composability](https://vvvvalvalval.github.io/posts/some-re-frame-patterns-for-composability.html)
 0. https://github.com/keajs/kea
 0. https://github.com/isocroft/Radixx
 
 # Styling
 
+0. []()
 0. [CSS Protips](https://github.com/AllThingsSmitty/css-protips)
 0. [Layout-isolated components](https://visly.app/blog/layout-isolated-components)
 0. [Centering in CSS: A Complete Guide](https://css-tricks.com/centering-css-complete-guide/)
@@ -155,10 +168,12 @@
 
 # Design system
 
+0. []()
 0. https://ant.design/
 
 # Rendering
 
+0. []()
 0. [The Virtual DOM is slow. Meet the Memoized DOM](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-virtual-dom-is-slow-meet-the-memoized-dom-bb19f546cc52/)
 0. [Incrementally Improving The DOM](https://blog.functorial.com/posts/2018-04-08-Incrementally-Improving-The-DOM.html)
 0. https://medium.com/@ryansolid/the-fastest-way-to-render-the-dom-e3b226b15ca3
@@ -168,6 +183,7 @@
 
 # Database query
 
+0. []()
 0. http://slick.lightbend.com/docs/
 0. https://books.underscore.io/essential-slick/essential-slick-3.html
 
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/control/parser.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/control/parser.lux
index 6b57ce695..d7cf37138 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/control/parser.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/control/parser.lux
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@
    [data
     ["[0]" product]
     [collection
-     ["[0]" list (.use "[1]#[0]" functor monoid)]]]
-   [math
-    [number
-     ["n" nat]]]]])
+     ["[0]" list (.use "[1]#[0]" functor monoid)]]]]])
 
 (type .public (Parser s a)
   (-> s (Try [s a])))
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/data/text.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/data/text.lux
index 8b0547523..e9fa52957 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/data/text.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/data/text.lux
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
      ["n" nat]
      ["[0]" i64]]]
    [meta
-    ["@" target]
-    [macro
-     ["^" pattern]]]]])
+    ["@" target]]]])
 
 (type .public Char
   Nat)
@@ -316,7 +314,7 @@
 
 (def .public together
   (-> (List Text) Text)
-  (let [(^.open "[0]") ..monoid]
+  (with ..monoid
     (|>> list.reversed
          (list#mix composite identity))))
 
@@ -339,7 +337,8 @@
 (def .public (space? char)
   (-> Char Bit)
   (with_expansions [<options> (with_template [<char>]
-                                [(.char (,, (static <char>)))]
+                                [(.char (,, (static <char>)))
+                                 true]
 
                                 [..tab]
                                 [..vertical_tab]
@@ -349,8 +348,7 @@
                                 [..form_feed]
                                 )]
     (`` (case char
-          (^.or <options>)
-          true
+          <options>
 
           _
           false))))
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/frac.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/frac.lux
index fb2f1b85f..a11b95741 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/frac.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/frac.lux
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
    [data
     ["[0]" text]]
    [meta
-    ["@" target]
-    [macro
-     ["^" pattern]]]]]
+    ["@" target]]]]
  ["[0]" //
   ["[1][0]" i64]
   ["[1][0]" nat]
@@ -754,29 +752,31 @@
           (..* exponent)
           (..* sign)))))
 
-(def (representation_exponent codec representation)
-  (-> (Codec Text Nat) Text (Try [Text Int]))
-  (case [("lux text index" 0 "e+" representation)
-         ("lux text index" 0 "E+" representation)
-         ("lux text index" 0 "e-" representation)
-         ("lux text index" 0 "E-" representation)]
-    (^.with_template [<factor> <patterns>]
-      [<patterns>
-       (do try.monad
-         [.let [after_offset (//nat.+ 2 split_index)
-                after_length (//nat.- after_offset ("lux text size" representation))]
-          exponent (|> representation
-                       ("lux text clip" after_offset after_length)
-                       (at codec decoded))]
-         (in [("lux text clip" 0 split_index representation)
-              (//int.* <factor> (.int exponent))]))])
-    ([+1 (^.or [{.#Some split_index} {.#None} {.#None} {.#None}]
-               [{.#None} {.#Some split_index} {.#None} {.#None}])]
-     [-1 (^.or [{.#None} {.#None} {.#Some split_index} {.#None}]
-               [{.#None} {.#None} {.#None} {.#Some split_index}])])
-    
-    _
-    {try.#Success [representation +0]}))
+(`` (def (representation_exponent codec representation)
+      (-> (Codec Text Nat) Text (Try [Text Int]))
+      (case [("lux text index" 0 "e+" representation)
+             ("lux text index" 0 "E+" representation)
+             ("lux text index" 0 "e-" representation)
+             ("lux text index" 0 "E-" representation)]
+        (,, (with_template [<factor> <pattern>]
+              [<pattern>
+               (do try.monad
+                 [.let [after_offset (//nat.+ 2 split_index)
+                        after_length (//nat.- after_offset ("lux text size" representation))]
+                  exponent (|> representation
+                               ("lux text clip" after_offset after_length)
+                               (at codec decoded))]
+                 (in [("lux text clip" 0 split_index representation)
+                      (//int.* <factor> (.int exponent))]))]
+
+              [+1 [{.#Some split_index} {.#None} {.#None} {.#None}]]
+              [+1 [{.#None} {.#Some split_index} {.#None} {.#None}]]
+              
+              [-1 [{.#None} {.#None} {.#Some split_index} {.#None}]]
+              [-1 [{.#None} {.#None} {.#None} {.#Some split_index}]]))
+        
+        _
+        {try.#Success [representation +0]})))
 
 (with_template [<struct> <nat> <int> <error>]
   [(def .public <struct>
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/int.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/int.lux
index 3eb21d465..d5a563dd5 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/int.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/int.lux
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@
     [function
      [predicate (.only Predicate)]]]
    [data
-    [text (.only Char)]]
-   [meta
-    [macro
-     ["^" pattern]]]]]
+    [text (.only Char)]]]]
  ["[0]" //
   ["[1][0]" nat]
   ["[1][0]" i64]])
@@ -147,14 +144,18 @@
                  b1 (- (* q b1) a1))))))
 
 ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_common_multiple
-(def .public (lcm a b)
-  (-> Int Int Int)
-  (case [a b]
-    (^.or [_ +0] [+0 _])
-    +0
-
-    _
-    (|> a (/ (gcd a b)) (* b))))
+(`` (def .public (lcm a b)
+      (-> Int Int Int)
+      (case [a b]
+        (,, (with_template [<pattern>]
+              [<pattern>
+               +0]
+
+              [[_ +0]]
+              [[+0 _]]))
+
+        _
+        (|> a (/ (gcd a b)) (* b)))))
 
 (def .public frac
   (-> Int Frac)
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/nat.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/nat.lux
index 75bf0fe2b..c502f4d96 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/nat.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/math/number/nat.lux
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@
    [control
     ["[0]" function]
     ["[0]" maybe]
-    ["[0]" try (.only Try)]]
-   [meta
-    [macro
-     ["^" pattern]]]]])
+    ["[0]" try (.only Try)]]]])
 
 (with_template [<extension> <output> <name>]
   [(def .public (<name> parameter subject)
@@ -122,14 +119,18 @@
   (-> Nat Nat Bit)
   (..= 1 (..gcd a b)))
 
-(def .public (lcm a b)
-  (-> Nat Nat Nat)
-  (case [a b]
-    (^.or [_ 0] [0 _])
-    0
+(`` (def .public (lcm a b)
+      (-> Nat Nat Nat)
+      (case [a b]
+        (,, (with_template [<pattern>]
+              [<pattern>
+               0]
+
+              [[_ 0]]
+              [[0 _]]))
 
-    _
-    (|> a (../ (..gcd a b)) (..* b))))
+        _
+        (|> a (../ (..gcd a b)) (..* b)))))
 
 (def .public even?
   (-> Nat Bit)
@@ -272,22 +273,28 @@
     15 "F"
     _ (undefined)))
 
-(def (hexadecimal_value digit)
-  (-> Nat (Maybe Nat))
-  (case digit
-    (^.with_template [<character> <number>]
-      [(char <character>)
-       {.#Some <number>}])
-    (["0" 0] ["1" 1] ["2" 2] ["3" 3] ["4" 4]
-     ["5" 5] ["6" 6] ["7" 7] ["8" 8] ["9" 9])
-
-    (^.with_template [<lower> <upper> <number>]
-      [(^.or (char <lower>)
-             (char <upper>))
-       {.#Some <number>}])
-    (["a" "A" 10] ["b" "B" 11] ["c" "C" 12]
-     ["d" "D" 13] ["e" "E" 14] ["f" "F" 15])
-    _ {.#None}))
+(`` (def (hexadecimal_value digit)
+      (-> Nat (Maybe Nat))
+      (case digit
+        (,, (with_template [<character> <number>]
+              [(char <character>)
+               {.#Some <number>}]
+
+              ["0" 0] ["1" 1] ["2" 2] ["3" 3] ["4" 4]
+              ["5" 5] ["6" 6] ["7" 7] ["8" 8] ["9" 9]))
+
+        (,, (with_template [<lower> <upper> <number>]
+              [(char <lower>)
+               {.#Some <number>}
+               
+               (char <upper>)
+               {.#Some <number>}]
+
+              ["a" "A" 10] ["b" "B" 11] ["c" "C" 12]
+              ["d" "D" 13] ["e" "E" 14] ["f" "F" 15]))
+        
+        _
+        {.#None})))
 
 (with_template [<shift> <struct> <to_character> <to_value> <error>]
   [(def .public <struct>
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta.lux
index a1bb5d944..54f31901a 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta.lux
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
  [/
   ["[0]" location]
   ["[0]" symbol (.use "[1]#[0]" codec equivalence)]
-  ["[0]" code]
-  [macro
-   ["^" pattern]]])
+  ["[0]" code]])
 
 ... (.type (Meta a)
 ...   (-> Lux (Try [Lux a])))
@@ -234,23 +232,27 @@
       bound
       (type_variable idx bindings'))))
 
-(def (clean_type type)
-  (-> Type (Meta Type))
-  (case type
-    {.#Var var}
-    (function (_ lux)
-      (case (|> lux
-                (the [.#type_context .#var_bindings])
-                (type_variable var))
-        (^.or {.#None}
-              {.#Some {.#Var _}})
-        {try.#Success [lux type]}
+(`` (def (clean_type type)
+      (-> Type (Meta Type))
+      (case type
+        {.#Var var}
+        (function (_ lux)
+          (case (|> lux
+                    (the [.#type_context .#var_bindings])
+                    (type_variable var))
+            (,, (with_template [<pattern>]
+                  [<pattern>
+                   {try.#Success [lux type]}]
 
-        {.#Some type'}
-        {try.#Success [lux type']}))
+                  [{.#None}]
+                  [{.#Some {.#Var _}}]))
+            
 
-    _
-    (at ..monad in type)))
+            {.#Some type'}
+            {try.#Success [lux type']}))
+
+        _
+        (at ..monad in type))))
 
 (def .public (var_type name)
   (-> Text (Meta Type))
@@ -324,22 +326,25 @@
                                                                  (|> module
                                                                      (the .#definitions)
                                                                      (list.all (function (_ [def_name global])
-                                                                                 (case global
-                                                                                   (^.or {.#Definition [exported? _]}
-                                                                                         {.#Type [exported? _]})
-                                                                                   (if (and exported?
-                                                                                            (text#= normal_short def_name))
-                                                                                     {.#Some (symbol#encoded [module_name def_name])}
-                                                                                     {.#None})
-
-                                                                                   {.#Alias _}
-                                                                                   {.#None}
-
-                                                                                   {.#Tag _}
-                                                                                   {.#None}
-
-                                                                                   {.#Slot _}
-                                                                                   {.#None}))))))
+                                                                                 (`` (case global
+                                                                                       (,, (with_template [<pattern>]
+                                                                                             [<pattern>
+                                                                                              (if (and exported?
+                                                                                                       (text#= normal_short def_name))
+                                                                                                {.#Some (symbol#encoded [module_name def_name])}
+                                                                                                {.#None})]
+
+                                                                                             [{.#Definition [exported? _]}]
+                                                                                             [{.#Type [exported? _]}]))
+
+                                                                                       {.#Alias _}
+                                                                                       {.#None}
+
+                                                                                       {.#Tag _}
+                                                                                       {.#None}
+
+                                                                                       {.#Slot _}
+                                                                                       {.#None})))))))
                                                     list.together
                                                     (list.sorted text#<)
                                                     (text.interposed ..listing_separator))
@@ -500,21 +505,24 @@
         [lux]
         {try.#Success})))
 
-(def .public (tags_of type_name)
-  (-> Symbol (Meta (Maybe (List Symbol))))
-  (do ..monad
-    [.let [[module_name name] type_name]
-     module (..module module_name)]
-    (case (property.value name (the .#definitions module))
-      {.#Some {.#Type [exported? type labels]}}
-      (case labels
-        (^.or {.#Left labels}
-              {.#Right labels})
-        (in {.#Some (list#each (|>> [module_name])
-                               {.#Item labels})}))
-
-      _
-      (in {.#None}))))
+(`` (def .public (tags_of type_name)
+      (-> Symbol (Meta (Maybe (List Symbol))))
+      (do ..monad
+        [.let [[module_name name] type_name]
+         module (..module module_name)]
+        (case (property.value name (the .#definitions module))
+          {.#Some {.#Type [exported? type labels]}}
+          (case labels
+            (,, (with_template [<pattern>]
+                  [<pattern>
+                   (in {.#Some (list#each (|>> [module_name])
+                                          {.#Item labels})})]
+
+                  [{.#Left labels}]
+                  [{.#Right labels}])))
+
+          _
+          (in {.#None})))))
 
 (def .public location
   (Meta Location)
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/code.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/code.lux
index c65f613c5..68d5327b1 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/code.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/code.lux
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
      ["[0]" frac]]]
    [meta
     ["[0]" location]
-    ["[0]" symbol]
-    [macro
-     ["^" pattern]]]]])
+    ["[0]" symbol]]]])
 
 ... (type (Code' w)
 ...   {.#Bit Bit}
@@ -60,76 +58,81 @@
 
   [local .#Symbol])
 
-(def .public equivalence
-  (Equivalence Code)
-  (implementation
-   (def (= x y)
-     (case [x y]
-       (^.with_template [<tag> <eq>]
-         [[[_ {<tag> x'}] [_ {<tag> y'}]]
-          (at <eq> = x' y')])
-       ([.#Bit    bit.equivalence]
-        [.#Nat    nat.equivalence]
-        [.#Int    int.equivalence]
-        [.#Rev    rev.equivalence]
-        [.#Frac   frac.equivalence]
-        [.#Text   text.equivalence]
-        [.#Symbol symbol.equivalence])
-
-       (^.with_template [<tag>]
-         [[[_ {<tag> xs'}] [_ {<tag> ys'}]]
-          (at (list.equivalence =) = xs' ys')])
-       ([.#Form]
-        [.#Variant]
-        [.#Tuple])
-       
-       _
-       false))))
-
-(def .public (format ast)
-  (-> Code Text)
-  (case ast
-    (^.with_template [<tag> <struct>]
-      [[_ {<tag> value}]
-       (at <struct> encoded value)])
-    ([.#Bit    bit.codec]
-     [.#Nat    nat.decimal]
-     [.#Int    int.decimal]
-     [.#Rev    rev.decimal]
-     [.#Frac   frac.decimal]
-     [.#Symbol symbol.codec])
-
-    [_ {.#Text value}]
-    (text.format value)
-
-    (^.with_template [<tag> <open> <close>]
-      [[_ {<tag> members}]
-       (all text#composite
-            <open>
-            (list#mix (function (_ next prev)
-                        (let [next (format next)]
-                          (if (text#= "" prev)
-                            next
-                            (all text#composite prev " " next))))
-                      ""
-                      members)
-            <close>)])
-    ([.#Form  "(" ")"]
-     [.#Variant "{" "}"]
-     [.#Tuple "[" "]"])
-    ))
-
-(def .public (replaced original substitute ast)
-  (-> Code Code Code Code)
-  (if (at ..equivalence = original ast)
-    substitute
-    (case ast
-      (^.with_template [<tag>]
-        [[location {<tag> parts}]
-         [location {<tag> (list#each (replaced original substitute) parts)}]])
-      ([.#Form]
-       [.#Variant]
-       [.#Tuple])
-
-      _
-      ast)))
+(`` (def .public equivalence
+      (Equivalence Code)
+      (implementation
+       (def (= x y)
+         (case [x y]
+           (,, (with_template [<tag> <eq>]
+                 [[[_ {<tag> x'}] [_ {<tag> y'}]]
+                  (at <eq> = x' y')]
+
+                 [.#Bit    bit.equivalence]
+                 [.#Nat    nat.equivalence]
+                 [.#Int    int.equivalence]
+                 [.#Rev    rev.equivalence]
+                 [.#Frac   frac.equivalence]
+                 [.#Text   text.equivalence]
+                 [.#Symbol symbol.equivalence]))
+
+           (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+                 [[[_ {<tag> xs'}] [_ {<tag> ys'}]]
+                  (at (list.equivalence =) = xs' ys')]
+
+                 [.#Form]
+                 [.#Variant]
+                 [.#Tuple]))
+           
+           _
+           false)))))
+
+(`` (def .public (format ast)
+      (-> Code Text)
+      (case ast
+        (,, (with_template [<tag> <struct>]
+              [[_ {<tag> value}]
+               (at <struct> encoded value)]
+
+              [.#Bit    bit.codec]
+              [.#Nat    nat.decimal]
+              [.#Int    int.decimal]
+              [.#Rev    rev.decimal]
+              [.#Frac   frac.decimal]
+              [.#Symbol symbol.codec]))
+
+        [_ {.#Text value}]
+        (text.format value)
+
+        (,, (with_template [<tag> <open> <close>]
+              [[_ {<tag> members}]
+               (all text#composite
+                    <open>
+                    (list#mix (function (_ next prev)
+                                (let [next (format next)]
+                                  (if (text#= "" prev)
+                                    next
+                                    (all text#composite prev " " next))))
+                              ""
+                              members)
+                    <close>)]
+
+              [.#Form  "(" ")"]
+              [.#Variant "{" "}"]
+              [.#Tuple "[" "]"]))
+        )))
+
+(`` (def .public (replaced original substitute ast)
+      (-> Code Code Code Code)
+      (if (at ..equivalence = original ast)
+        substitute
+        (case ast
+          (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+                [[location {<tag> parts}]
+                 [location {<tag> (list#each (replaced original substitute) parts)}]]
+
+                [.#Form]
+                [.#Variant]
+                [.#Tuple]))
+
+          _
+          ast))))
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/context.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/context.lux
index 0cf61b454..99b62e8ab 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/context.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/context.lux
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
     ["[0]" code (.only)
      ["?[1]" \\parser]]]]]
  ["[0]" // (.only)
-  [syntax (.only syntax)]
-  ["^" pattern]])
+  [syntax (.only syntax)]])
 
 (type .public Stack
   List)
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/custom.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/custom.lux
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..632219851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/custom.lux
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+(.require
+ [library
+  [lux (.except local)
+   [abstract
+    [monad (.only do)]]
+   [control
+    ["?" parser (.use "[1]#[0]" functor)]
+    ["[0]" exception (.only exception)]]]]
+ ["[0]" // (.only)
+  [syntax (.only syntax)
+   ["[0]" export]]
+  ["/[1]" // (.only)
+   ["[0]" code (.only)
+    ["?[1]" \\parser (.only Parser)]]
+   ["[0]" type (.only)
+    [primitive (.except)]]]])
+
+(exception .public (invalid_type [expected Type
+                                  actual Type])
+  (exception.report
+   (list ["Expected" (type.format expected)]
+         ["Actual" (type.format actual)])))
+
+(def local
+  (Parser Code)
+  (?#each code.local ?code.local))
+
+(def .public custom
+  (syntax (_ [[public|private <type> <in> <out> <by_name>]
+              (export.parser (all ?.and
+                                  ..local
+                                  ..local
+                                  ..local
+                                  ..local))])
+    (//.with_symbols [g!_ g!type g!value]
+      (in (list (` (primitive (, public|private) (, <type>)
+                     Macro))
+
+                (` (def (, public|private) (, <in>)
+                     (-> Macro (, <type>))
+                     (|>> abstraction)))
+
+                (` (def (, public|private) (, <out>)
+                     (-> (, <type>) Macro)
+                     (|>> representation)))
+
+                (` (def (, public|private) ((, <by_name>) (, g!_))
+                     (-> Symbol (Meta (, <type>)))
+                     ((,! do) (,! ///.monad)
+                      [[(, g!_) (, g!type) (, g!value)] ((,! ///.export) (, g!_))]
+                      (if (at (,! type.equivalence) (,' =) (, <type>) (, g!type))
+                        ((,' in) (as (, <type>) (, g!value)))
+                        ((,! ///.failure) ((,! exception.except) ..invalid_type [(, <type>) (, g!type)])))))))))))
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/syntax/export.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/syntax/export.lux
index d68b4a678..1bc78cb9f 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/syntax/export.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/macro/syntax/export.lux
@@ -7,30 +7,31 @@
     ["<>" parser]]
    [meta
     ["[0]" code
-     ["<[1]>" \\parser (.only Parser)]]
-    [macro
-     ["^" pattern]]]]])
+     ["<[1]>" \\parser (.only Parser)]]]]])
 
 (def .public default_policy
   Code
   (` .private))
 
-(def policy
-  (Parser Code)
-  (do [! <>.monad]
-    [candidate <code>.next]
-    (case candidate
-      [_ {.#Symbol ["" _]}]
-      (in default_policy)
-      
-      (^.or [_ {.#Bit _}]
-            [_ {.#Symbol _}])
-      (do !
-        [_ <code>.any]
-        (in candidate))
-      
-      _
-      (in default_policy))))
+(`` (def policy
+      (Parser Code)
+      (do [! <>.monad]
+        [candidate <code>.next]
+        (case candidate
+          [_ {.#Symbol ["" _]}]
+          (in default_policy)
+
+          (,, (with_template [<pattern>]
+                [<pattern>
+                 (do !
+                   [_ <code>.any]
+                   (in candidate))]
+
+                [[_ {.#Bit _}]]
+                [[_ {.#Symbol _}]]))
+          
+          _
+          (in default_policy)))))
 
 (def .public parser
   (All (_ a) (-> (Parser a) (Parser [Code a])))
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/type.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/type.lux
index 4d4293e6d..9af406098 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/type.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/type.lux
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
     ["[0]" code (.only)
      ["<[1]>" \\parser (.only Parser)]]
     ["[0]" macro (.only)
-     [syntax (.only syntax)]
-     ["^" pattern]]]]])
+     [syntax (.only syntax)]]]]])
 
 (with_template [<name> <tag>]
   [(def .public (<name> type)
@@ -77,202 +76,226 @@
   [flat_tuple   .#Product]
   )
 
-(def .public (format type)
-  (-> Type Text)
-  (case type
-    {.#Primitive name params}
-    (all text#composite
-         "(Primitive "
-         (text.enclosed' text.double_quote name)
-         (|> params
-             (list#each (|>> format (text#composite " ")))
-             (list#mix (function.flipped text#composite) ""))
-         ")")
-
-    (^.with_template [<tag> <open> <close> <flat>]
-      [{<tag> _}
-       (all text#composite <open>
-            (|> (<flat> type)
-                (list#each format)
-                list.reversed
-                (list.interposed " ")
-                (list#mix text#composite ""))
-            <close>)])
-    ([.#Sum  "(Or " ")" flat_variant]
-     [.#Product "["   "]" flat_tuple])
-
-    {.#Function input output}
-    (.let [[ins out] (flat_function type)]
-      (all text#composite  "(-> "
-           (|> ins
-               (list#each format)
-               list.reversed
-               (list.interposed " ")
-               (list#mix text#composite ""))
-           " " (format out) ")"))
-
-    {.#Parameter idx}
-    (n#encoded idx)
-
-    {.#Var id}
-    (all text#composite "-" (n#encoded id))
-
-    {.#Ex id}
-    (all text#composite "+" (n#encoded id))
-
-    {.#Apply param fun}
-    (.let [[type_func type_args] (flat_application type)]
-      (all text#composite  "(" (format type_func) " " (|> type_args (list#each format) list.reversed (list.interposed " ") (list#mix text#composite "")) ")"))
-
-    (^.with_template [<tag> <desc>]
-      [{<tag> env body}
-       (all text#composite "(" <desc> " {" (|> env (list#each format) (text.interposed " ")) "} " (format body) ")")])
-    ([.#UnivQ "All"]
-     [.#ExQ "Ex"])
-
-    {.#Named [module name] type}
-    (all text#composite module "." name)
-    ))
+(`` (def .public (format type)
+      (-> Type Text)
+      (case type
+        {.#Primitive name params}
+        (all text#composite
+             "(Primitive "
+             (text.enclosed' text.double_quote name)
+             (|> params
+                 (list#each (|>> format (text#composite " ")))
+                 (list#mix (function.flipped text#composite) ""))
+             ")")
+
+        (,, (with_template [<tag> <open> <close> <flat>]
+              [{<tag> _}
+               (all text#composite <open>
+                    (|> (<flat> type)
+                        (list#each format)
+                        list.reversed
+                        (list.interposed " ")
+                        (list#mix text#composite ""))
+                    <close>)]
+
+              [.#Sum  "(Or " ")" flat_variant]
+              [.#Product "["   "]" flat_tuple]))
+
+        {.#Function input output}
+        (.let [[ins out] (flat_function type)]
+          (all text#composite  "(-> "
+               (|> ins
+                   (list#each format)
+                   list.reversed
+                   (list.interposed " ")
+                   (list#mix text#composite ""))
+               " " (format out) ")"))
+
+        {.#Parameter idx}
+        (n#encoded idx)
+
+        {.#Var id}
+        (all text#composite "-" (n#encoded id))
+
+        {.#Ex id}
+        (all text#composite "+" (n#encoded id))
+
+        {.#Apply param fun}
+        (.let [[type_func type_args] (flat_application type)]
+          (all text#composite  "(" (format type_func) " " (|> type_args (list#each format) list.reversed (list.interposed " ") (list#mix text#composite "")) ")"))
+
+        (,, (with_template [<tag> <desc>]
+              [{<tag> env body}
+               (all text#composite "(" <desc> " {" (|> env (list#each format) (text.interposed " ")) "} " (format body) ")")]
+
+              [.#UnivQ "All"]
+              [.#ExQ "Ex"]))
+
+        {.#Named [module name] type}
+        (all text#composite module "." name)
+        )))
 
 ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus#%CE%B2-reduction
-(def (reduced env type)
-  (-> (List Type) Type Type)
-  (case type
-    {.#Primitive name params}
-    {.#Primitive name (list#each (reduced env) params)}
-    
-    (^.with_template [<tag>]
-      [{<tag> left right}
-       {<tag> (reduced env left) (reduced env right)}])
-    ([.#Sum]      [.#Product]
-     [.#Function] [.#Apply])
-    
-    (^.with_template [<tag>]
-      [{<tag> old_env def}
-       (case old_env
-         {.#End}
-         {<tag> env def}
+(`` (def (reduced env type)
+      (-> (List Type) Type Type)
+      (case type
+        {.#Primitive name params}
+        {.#Primitive name (list#each (reduced env) params)}
+        
+        (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+              [{<tag> left right}
+               {<tag> (reduced env left) (reduced env right)}]
 
-         _
-         {<tag> (list#each (reduced env) old_env) def})])
-    ([.#UnivQ]
-     [.#ExQ])
-    
-    {.#Parameter idx}
-    (maybe.else (panic! (all text#composite
-                             "Unknown type parameter" text.new_line
-                             "      Index: " (n#encoded idx) text.new_line
-                             "Environment: " (|> env
-                                                 list.enumeration
-                                                 (list#each (.function (_ [index type])
-                                                              (all text#composite
-                                                                   (n#encoded index)
-                                                                   " " (..format type))))
-                                                 (text.interposed (text#composite text.new_line "             ")))))
-                (list.item idx env))
-    
-    _
-    type
-    ))
-
-(def .public equivalence
-  (Equivalence Type)
-  (implementation
-   (def (= x y)
-     (or (for @.php
-              ... TODO: Remove this once JPHP is gone.
-              false
-              (same? x y))
-         (case [x y]
-           [{.#Primitive xname xparams} {.#Primitive yname yparams}]
-           (and (text#= xname yname)
-                (n.= (list.size yparams) (list.size xparams))
-                (list#mix (.function (_ [x y] prev) (and prev (= x y)))
-                          #1
-                          (list.zipped_2 xparams yparams)))
-
-           (^.with_template [<tag>]
-             [[{<tag> xid} {<tag> yid}]
-              (n.= yid xid)])
-           ([.#Var] [.#Ex] [.#Parameter])
-
-           (^.or [{.#Function xleft xright} {.#Function yleft yright}]
-                 [{.#Apply xleft xright} {.#Apply yleft yright}])
-           (and (= xleft yleft)
-                (= xright yright))
-
-           [{.#Named xname xtype} {.#Named yname ytype}]
-           (and (symbol#= xname yname)
-                (= xtype ytype))
-
-           (^.with_template [<tag>]
-             [[{<tag> xL xR} {<tag> yL yR}]
-              (and (= xL yL) (= xR yR))])
-           ([.#Sum] [.#Product])
-           
-           (^.or [{.#UnivQ xenv xbody} {.#UnivQ yenv ybody}]
-                 [{.#ExQ xenv xbody} {.#ExQ yenv ybody}])
-           (and (n.= (list.size yenv) (list.size xenv))
-                (= xbody ybody)
-                (list#mix (.function (_ [x y] prev) (and prev (= x y)))
-                          #1
-                          (list.zipped_2 xenv yenv)))
-
-           _
-           #0
-           )))))
-
-(def .public (applied params func)
-  (-> (List Type) Type (Maybe Type))
-  (case params
-    {.#End}
-    {.#Some func}
+              [.#Sum]      [.#Product]
+              [.#Function] [.#Apply]))
+        
+        (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+              [{<tag> old_env def}
+               (case old_env
+                 {.#End}
+                 {<tag> env def}
 
-    {.#Item param params'}
-    (case func
-      (^.with_template [<tag>]
-        [{<tag> env body}
-         (|> body
-             (reduced (list.partial func param env))
-             (applied params'))])
-      ([.#UnivQ] [.#ExQ])
-
-      {.#Apply A F}
-      (applied (list.partial A params) F)
-
-      {.#Named name unnamed}
-      (applied params unnamed)
-      
-      _
-      {.#None})))
+                 _
+                 {<tag> (list#each (reduced env) old_env) def})]
 
-(def .public (code type)
-  (-> Type Code)
-  (case type
-    {.#Primitive name params}
-    (` {.#Primitive (, (code.text name))
-                    (.list (,* (list#each code params)))})
-
-    (^.with_template [<tag>]
-      [{<tag> idx}
-       (` {<tag> (, (code.nat idx))})])
-    ([.#Var] [.#Ex] [.#Parameter])
-
-    (^.with_template [<tag>]
-      [{<tag> left right}
-       (` {<tag> (, (code left))
-                 (, (code right))})])
-    ([.#Sum] [.#Product] [.#Function] [.#Apply])
-
-    {.#Named name sub_type}
-    (code.symbol name)
-
-    (^.with_template [<tag>]
-      [{<tag> env body}
-       (` {<tag> (.list (,* (list#each code env)))
-                 (, (code body))})])
-    ([.#UnivQ] [.#ExQ])
-    ))
+              [.#UnivQ]
+              [.#ExQ]))
+        
+        {.#Parameter idx}
+        (maybe.else (panic! (all text#composite
+                                 "Unknown type parameter" text.new_line
+                                 "      Index: " (n#encoded idx) text.new_line
+                                 "Environment: " (|> env
+                                                     list.enumeration
+                                                     (list#each (.function (_ [index type])
+                                                                  (all text#composite
+                                                                       (n#encoded index)
+                                                                       " " (..format type))))
+                                                     (text.interposed (text#composite text.new_line "             ")))))
+                    (list.item idx env))
+        
+        _
+        type
+        )))
+
+(`` (def .public equivalence
+      (Equivalence Type)
+      (implementation
+       (def (= x y)
+         (or (for @.php
+                  ... TODO: Remove this once JPHP is gone.
+                  false
+                  (same? x y))
+             (case [x y]
+               [{.#Primitive xname xparams} {.#Primitive yname yparams}]
+               (and (text#= xname yname)
+                    (n.= (list.size yparams) (list.size xparams))
+                    (list#mix (.function (_ [x y] prev) (and prev (= x y)))
+                              #1
+                              (list.zipped_2 xparams yparams)))
+
+               (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+                     [[{<tag> xid} {<tag> yid}]
+                      (n.= yid xid)]
+
+                     [.#Var]
+                     [.#Ex]
+                     [.#Parameter]
+                     ))
+
+               (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+                     [[{<tag> ll lr} {<tag> rl rr}]
+                      (and (= ll rl)
+                           (= lr rr))]
+
+                     [.#Function]
+                     [.#Apply]
+                     [.#Sum]
+                     [.#Product]
+                     ))
+
+               [{.#Named xname xtype} {.#Named yname ytype}]
+               (and (symbol#= xname yname)
+                    (= xtype ytype))
+
+               (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+                     [[{<tag> xenv xbody} {<tag> yenv ybody}]
+                      (and (n.= (list.size yenv) (list.size xenv))
+                           (= xbody ybody)
+                           (list#mix (.function (_ [x y] prev) (and prev (= x y)))
+                                     #1
+                                     (list.zipped_2 xenv yenv)))]
+
+                     [.#UnivQ]
+                     [.#ExQ]
+                     ))
+
+               _
+               #0
+               ))))))
+
+(`` (def .public (applied params func)
+      (-> (List Type) Type (Maybe Type))
+      (case params
+        {.#End}
+        {.#Some func}
+
+        {.#Item param params'}
+        (case func
+          (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+                [{<tag> env body}
+                 (|> body
+                     (reduced (list.partial func param env))
+                     (applied params'))]
+
+                [.#UnivQ]
+                [.#ExQ]))
+
+          {.#Apply A F}
+          (applied (list.partial A params) F)
+
+          {.#Named name unnamed}
+          (applied params unnamed)
+          
+          _
+          {.#None}))))
+
+(`` (def .public (code type)
+      (-> Type Code)
+      (case type
+        {.#Primitive name params}
+        (` {.#Primitive (, (code.text name))
+                        (.list (,* (list#each code params)))})
+
+        (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+              [{<tag> idx}
+               (` {<tag> (, (code.nat idx))})]
+
+              [.#Var]
+              [.#Ex]
+              [.#Parameter]))
+
+        (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+              [{<tag> left right}
+               (` {<tag> (, (code left))
+                         (, (code right))})]
+
+              [.#Sum]
+              [.#Product]
+              [.#Function]
+              [.#Apply]))
+
+        {.#Named name sub_type}
+        (code.symbol name)
+
+        (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+              [{<tag> env body}
+               (` {<tag> (.list (,* (list#each code env)))
+                         (, (code body))})]
+
+              [.#UnivQ]
+              [.#ExQ]))
+        )))
 
 (def .public (de_aliased type)
   (-> Type Type)
@@ -338,22 +361,26 @@
   [ex_q   .#ExQ]
   )
 
-(def .public (quantified? type)
-  (-> Type Bit)
-  (case type
-    {.#Named [module name] _type}
-    (quantified? _type)
+(`` (def .public (quantified? type)
+      (-> Type Bit)
+      (case type
+        {.#Named [module name] _type}
+        (quantified? _type)
 
-    {.#Apply A F}
-    (|> (..applied (list A) F)
-        (at maybe.monad each quantified?)
-        (maybe.else #0))
-    
-    (^.or {.#UnivQ _} {.#ExQ _})
-    #1
+        {.#Apply A F}
+        (|> (..applied (list A) F)
+            (at maybe.monad each quantified?)
+            (maybe.else #0))
 
-    _
-    #0))
+        (,, (with_template [<pattern>]
+              [<pattern>
+               #1]
+
+              [{.#UnivQ _}]
+              [{.#ExQ _}]))
+
+        _
+        #0)))
 
 (def .public (array depth element_type)
   (-> Nat Type Type)
@@ -366,14 +393,16 @@
 
 (def .public (flat_array type)
   (-> Type [Nat Type])
-  (case type
-    (^.multi {.#Primitive name (list element_type)}
-             (text#= array.type_name name))
-    (.let [[depth element_type] (flat_array element_type)]
-      [(++ depth) element_type])
+  (with_expansions [<default> [0 type]]
+    (case type
+      {.#Primitive name (list element_type)}
+      (if (text#= array.type_name name)
+        (.let [[depth element_type] (flat_array element_type)]
+          [(++ depth) element_type])
+        <default>)
 
-    _
-    [0 type]))
+      _
+      <default>)))
 
 (def .public array?
   (-> Type Bit)
@@ -476,34 +505,40 @@
                                 ... The value of this expression will never be relevant, so it doesn't matter what it is.
                                 (.as .Nothing [])))))))))
 
-(def .public (replaced before after)
-  (-> Type Type Type Type)
-  (.function (again it)
-    (if (at ..equivalence = before it)
-      after
-      (case it
-        {.#Primitive name co_variant}
-        {.#Primitive name (list#each again co_variant)}
-
-        (^.with_template [<tag>]
-          [{<tag> left right}
-           {<tag> (again left) (again right)}])
-        ([.#Sum]
-         [.#Product]
-         [.#Function]
-         [.#Apply])
-
-        (^.with_template [<tag>]
-          [{<tag> env body}
-           {<tag> (list#each again env) (again body)}])
-        ([.#UnivQ]
-         [.#ExQ])
-        
-        (^.or {.#Parameter _}
-              {.#Var _}
-              {.#Ex _}
-              {.#Named _})
-        it))))
+(`` (def .public (replaced before after)
+      (-> Type Type Type Type)
+      (.function (again it)
+        (if (at ..equivalence = before it)
+          after
+          (case it
+            {.#Primitive name co_variant}
+            {.#Primitive name (list#each again co_variant)}
+
+            (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+                  [{<tag> left right}
+                   {<tag> (again left) (again right)}]
+
+                  [.#Sum]
+                  [.#Product]
+                  [.#Function]
+                  [.#Apply]))
+
+            (,, (with_template [<tag>]
+                  [{<tag> env body}
+                   {<tag> (list#each again env) (again body)}]
+
+                  [.#UnivQ]
+                  [.#ExQ]))
+
+            (,, (with_template [<pattern>]
+                  [<pattern>
+                   it]
+
+                  [{.#Parameter _}]
+                  [{.#Var _}]
+                  [{.#Ex _}]
+                  [{.#Named _}]))
+            )))))
 
 (def .public let
   (syntax (_ [bindings (<code>.tuple (<>.some (<>.and <code>.any <code>.any)))
diff --git a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/type/primitive.lux b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/type/primitive.lux
index c1ead54eb..40bcdba68 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/type/primitive.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/library/lux/meta/type/primitive.lux
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     ["[0]" code (.only)
      ["<[1]>" \\parser (.only Parser)]]
     ["[0]" macro (.only)
-     ["^" pattern]
      ["[0]" context]
      [syntax (.only syntax)
       ["|[0]|" export]]]]]]