diff --git a/ase/stx/bootstrp.c b/ase/stx/bootstrp.c
index 7d9236b9..37d93135 100644
--- a/ase/stx/bootstrp.c
+++ b/ase/stx/bootstrp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: bootstrp.c,v 1.15 2005-07-03 16:37:01 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: bootstrp.c,v 1.16 2005-07-04 11:32:41 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #include <xp/stx/bootstrp.h>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static class_info_t class_info[] =
 	{
 		XP_TEXT("Method"),
 		XP_TEXT("Object"),
-		XP_TEXT("text message bytecodes literals stackSize temporarySize class"),
+		XP_TEXT("text message bytecodes literals stackSize temporarySize"),
 		//XP_NULL,
 		XP_TEXT("Win32Errors"), // TODO: REMOVE THIS
 		XP_NULL,
@@ -636,6 +636,8 @@ static xp_word_t __make_classvar_dict (
 
 	n = __count_names (names);
 	dict = xp_stx_alloc_word_object (stx, n);
+	XP_STX_CLASS(stx,dict) =  /* TODO */
+		xp_stx_lookup_class (stx, XP_TEXT("Dictionary"));
 
 	do {
 		while (*p == XP_CHAR(' ') ||
diff --git a/ase/stx/makefile.in b/ase/stx/makefile.in
index 0d63d2c7..af992bbd 100644
--- a/ase/stx/makefile.in
+++ b/ase/stx/makefile.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SRCS = stx.c memory.c object.c symbol.c class.c \
-	hash.c misc.c context.c name.c token.c parser.c bootstrp.c
+	hash.c misc.c method.c context.c name.c token.c parser.c bootstrp.c
 OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
 OUT = libxpstx.a
 
diff --git a/ase/stx/method.c b/ase/stx/method.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c85d34b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/stx/method.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* 
+ * $Id: method.c,v 1.1 2005-07-04 11:32:41 bacon Exp $
+ */
+
+#include <xp/stx/method.h>
+
+int xp_stx_new_method (xp_stx_t* stx, xp_word_t size)
+{
+}
diff --git a/ase/stx/method.h b/ase/stx/method.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f354d343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/stx/method.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * $Id: method.h,v 1.1 2005-07-04 11:32:41 bacon Exp $
+ */
+
+#ifndef _XP_STX_METHOD_H_
+#define _XP_STX_METHOD_H_
+
+#include <xp/stx/stx.h>
+
+#define XP_STX_METHOD_SIZE           6
+#define XP_STX_METHOD_TEXT           0
+#define XP_STX_METHOD_MESSAGE        1
+#define XP_STX_METHOD_BYTECODES      2
+#define XP_STX_METHOD_LITERALS       3
+#define XP_STX_METHOD_STACK_SIZE     4
+#define XP_STX_METHOD_TEMPORARY_SIZE 5
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"  {
+#endif
+
+int xp_stx_new_method (xp_stx_t* stx, xp_word_t size);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/ase/stx/object.c b/ase/stx/object.c
index bad664fb..432f9c85 100644
--- a/ase/stx/object.c
+++ b/ase/stx/object.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: object.c,v 1.26 2005-06-30 12:07:02 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: object.c,v 1.27 2005-07-04 11:32:41 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #include <xp/stx/object.h>
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ xp_word_t xp_stx_alloc_word_object (xp_stx_t* stx, xp_word_t n)
 }
 
 /* n: number of bytes */
-xp_word_t xp_stx_alloc_byte_object (xp_stx_t* stx, xp_word_t n)
+xp_word_t xp_stx_alloc_byte_object (
+	xp_stx_t* stx, const xp_byte_t* data, xp_word_t n)
 {
 	xp_word_t idx;
 	xp_stx_byte_object_t* obj;
@@ -56,7 +57,13 @@ xp_word_t xp_stx_alloc_byte_object (xp_stx_t* stx, xp_word_t n)
 	obj = XP_STX_BYTE_OBJECT(stx,idx);
 	obj->header.class = stx->nil;
 	obj->header.access = (n << 2) | XP_STX_BYTE_INDEXED;
-	while (n-- > 0) obj->data[n] = 0;
+
+	if (data == XP_NULL) {
+		while (n-- > 0) obj->data[n] = 0;
+	}
+	else  {
+		while (n-- > 0) obj->data[n] = data[n];
+	}
 
 	return idx;
 }
diff --git a/ase/stx/object.h b/ase/stx/object.h
index 0cec03bc..a3a19154 100644
--- a/ase/stx/object.h
+++ b/ase/stx/object.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: object.h,v 1.18 2005-06-08 16:00:51 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: object.h,v 1.19 2005-07-04 11:32:41 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef _XP_STX_OBJECT_H_
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 xp_word_t xp_stx_alloc_word_object (xp_stx_t* stx, xp_word_t n);
-xp_word_t xp_stx_alloc_byte_object (xp_stx_t* stx, xp_word_t n);
+
+xp_word_t xp_stx_alloc_byte_object (
+	xp_stx_t* stx, const xp_byte_t* data, xp_word_t n);
+
 xp_word_t xp_stx_alloc_char_object (
 	xp_stx_t* stx, const xp_char_t* str);
 xp_word_t xp_stx_alloc_char_objectx (
diff --git a/ase/stx/parser.c b/ase/stx/parser.c
index 6bc9c00a..8d83d451 100644
--- a/ase/stx/parser.c
+++ b/ase/stx/parser.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: parser.c,v 1.48 2005-07-04 10:02:00 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: parser.c,v 1.49 2005-07-04 11:32:41 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #include <xp/stx/parser.h>
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 static int __parse_method (
 	xp_stx_parser_t* parser, 
 	xp_word_t method_class, void* input);
+static int __finish_method (xp_stx_parser_t* parser);
 
 static int __parse_message_pattern (xp_stx_parser_t* parser);
 static int __parse_unary_pattern (xp_stx_parser_t* parser);
@@ -274,6 +275,46 @@ static int __parse_method (
 	if (__parse_temporaries(parser) == -1) return -1;
 	if (__parse_primitive(parser) == -1) return -1;
 	if (__parse_statements(parser) == -1) return -1;
+	if (__finish_method (parser) == -1) return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int __finish_method (xp_stx_parser_t* parser)
+{
+	xp_stx_class_t* class_obj;
+	xp_word_t bytecodes;
+
+	class_obj = (xp_stx_class_t*)
+		XP_STX_WORD_OBJECT(parser->stx, parser->method_class);
+
+	if (class_obj->methods == parser->stx->nil) {
+		/* TODO: reconfigure method dictionary size */
+		class_obj->methods = xp_stx_alloc_word_object (parser->stx, 64);
+		XP_STX_CLASS(parser->stx, class_obj->methods) = 
+			xp_stx_lookup_class (parser->stx, XP_TEXT("Dictionary"));
+	}
+	xp_assert (class_obj->methods != parser->stx->nil);
+
+/*
+	bytecodes = xp_stx_alloc_byte_object (parser->stx, 
+		parser->bytecodes, parser->bytecode_size); 
+*/
+
+	/* TODO: text saving must be optional */
+/*
+	method_obj->text = 
+		xp_stx_new_string (parser->stx, parser->text);
+
+	method_obj->message = 
+		xp_stx_new_symbol (parser->stx, parser->method_name);
+	method_obj->bytecodes = bytecodes;	
+	//method_obj->literals = 
+	method_obj->stack_size = XP_STX_TO_SMALLINT(100);
+	method_obj->temporary_size = 
+		XP_STX_TO_SMALLINT(parser->temporary_count);
+*/
 
 	return 0;
 }