diff --git a/ase/cmd/awk/awk.c b/ase/cmd/awk/awk.c
index 5b61f3eb..dfa0a493 100644
--- a/ase/cmd/awk/awk.c
+++ b/ase/cmd/awk/awk.c
@@ -1031,10 +1031,24 @@ static void handle_args (argc, argv)
 
 typedef struct extension_t
 {
+	ase_mmgr_t mmgr;
 	ase_awk_prmfns_t prmfns;
 } 
 extension_t;
 
+static void* fuser (void* org, void* space)
+{
+	extension_t* ext = (extension_t*)space;
+	ext->mmgr = *(ase_mmgr_t*)org;
+
+	ext->prmfns.pow         = custom_awk_pow;
+	ext->prmfns.sprintf     = custom_awk_sprintf;
+	ext->prmfns.dprintf     = custom_awk_dprintf;
+	ext->prmfns.custom_data = ASE_NULL;
+
+	return &ext->mmgr;
+}
+
 static int awk_main (int argc, ase_char_t* argv[])
 {
 	ase_awk_t* awk;
@@ -1094,7 +1108,7 @@ static int awk_main (int argc, ase_char_t* argv[])
 	mmgr.custom_data = ASE_NULL;
 #endif
 
-	awk = ase_awk_open (&mmgr, ASE_SIZEOF(extension_t));
+	awk = ase_awk_open (&mmgr, ASE_SIZEOF(extension_t), fuser);
 	if (awk == ASE_NULL)
 	{
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -1107,16 +1121,9 @@ static int awk_main (int argc, ase_char_t* argv[])
 	app_awk = awk;
 
 	extension = (extension_t*) ase_awk_getextension (awk);
-	//extension->mmgr = mmgr;
-	extension->prmfns.pow         = custom_awk_pow;
-	extension->prmfns.sprintf     = custom_awk_sprintf;
-	extension->prmfns.dprintf     = custom_awk_dprintf;
-	extension->prmfns.custom_data = ASE_NULL;
-
 	ase_awk_setccls (awk, ASE_GETCCLS());
 	ase_awk_setprmfns (awk, &extension->prmfns);
 
-
 	if (ase_awk_addfunc (awk, 
 		ASE_T("sleep"), 5, 0,
 		1, 1, ASE_NULL, bfn_sleep) == ASE_NULL)
diff --git a/ase/include/ase/awk/Awk.hpp b/ase/include/ase/awk/Awk.hpp
index d00a15aa..b73b7221 100644
--- a/ase/include/ase/awk/Awk.hpp
+++ b/ase/include/ase/awk/Awk.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: Awk.hpp 245 2008-07-15 05:56:32Z baconevi $
+ * $Id: Awk.hpp 279 2008-07-21 05:27:34Z baconevi $
  *
  * {License}
  */
@@ -1104,6 +1104,10 @@ private:
 	Awk& operator= (const Awk&);
 
 	void triggerOnRunStart (Run& run);
+
+	ase_mmgr_t mmgr;
+	ase_ccls_t ccls;
+	ase_awk_prmfns_t prmfns;
 };
 
 /////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/ase/include/ase/awk/awk.h b/ase/include/ase/awk/awk.h
index f3af2fe0..d63ba7b7 100644
--- a/ase/include/ase/awk/awk.h
+++ b/ase/include/ase/awk/awk.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: awk.h 278 2008-07-21 03:49:09Z baconevi $
+ * $Id: awk.h 279 2008-07-21 05:27:34Z baconevi $
  *
  * {License}
  */
@@ -597,6 +597,12 @@ extern ase_awk_val_t* ase_awk_val_one;
  * is valid until it is successfully destroyed using the ase_ase_close() 
  * function.
  *
+ * The mmgr_fuser() function is called if mmgr_fuser is not ASE_NULL. 
+ * It is passed two parameters; the memory manager pointer as passed
+ * into the ase_awk_open() function and the pointer to the extension 
+ * area allocated. It should return the pointer to the location of the 
+ * memory manager fused into the extension area.
+ *
  * RETURNS the pointer to an ase_awk_t instance on success, ASE_NULL on failure
  */
 ase_awk_t* ase_awk_open ( 
diff --git a/ase/include/ase/types.h b/ase/include/ase/types.h
index 02ec0c58..1b4fe428 100644
--- a/ase/include/ase/types.h
+++ b/ase/include/ase/types.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: types.h 278 2008-07-21 03:49:09Z baconevi $
+ * $Id: types.h 279 2008-07-21 05:27:34Z baconevi $
  *
  * {License}
  */
@@ -314,9 +314,10 @@ typedef int  ase_mcint_t;
 	#endif
 #endif
 
-/* a fuser should fuse(copy and combine) the orginal data into the given space 
+/* ase_fuser_t is an abstract function type that can be used to 
+ * fuse(copy and combine) the orginal data into the given space 
  * and return the pointer to its new location in the space */
-typedef void* (*ase_fuser_t) (void* org, void* space, ase_size_t size);
+typedef void* (*ase_fuser_t) (void* org, void* space);
 
 typedef struct ase_cstr_t ase_cstr_t;
 typedef struct ase_mmgr_t ase_mmgr_t;
diff --git a/ase/lib/awk/Awk.cpp b/ase/lib/awk/Awk.cpp
index ccdf49bb..329a92ad 100644
--- a/ase/lib/awk/Awk.cpp
+++ b/ase/lib/awk/Awk.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: Awk.cpp 245 2008-07-15 05:56:32Z baconevi $
+ * $Id: Awk.cpp 279 2008-07-21 05:27:34Z baconevi $
  *
  * {License}
  */
@@ -1028,6 +1028,31 @@ Awk::Awk (): awk (ASE_NULL), functionMap (ASE_NULL),
 
 {
 	this->errmsg[0] = ASE_T('\0');
+
+	mmgr.malloc      = allocMem;
+	mmgr.realloc     = reallocMem;
+	mmgr.free        = freeMem;
+	mmgr.custom_data = this;
+
+	ccls.is_upper    = isUpper;
+	ccls.is_lower    = isLower;
+	ccls.is_alpha    = isAlpha;
+	ccls.is_digit    = isDigit;
+	ccls.is_xdigit   = isXdigit;
+	ccls.is_alnum    = isAlnum;
+	ccls.is_space    = isSpace;
+	ccls.is_print    = isPrint;
+	ccls.is_graph    = isGraph;
+	ccls.is_cntrl    = isCntrl;
+	ccls.is_punct    = isPunct;
+	ccls.to_upper    = toUpper;
+	ccls.to_lower    = toLower;
+	ccls.custom_data = this;
+
+	prmfns.pow         = pow;
+	prmfns.sprintf     = sprintf;
+	prmfns.dprintf     = dprintf;
+	prmfns.custom_data = this;
 }
 
 Awk::~Awk ()
@@ -1130,41 +1155,15 @@ int Awk::open ()
 {
 	ASE_ASSERT (awk == ASE_NULL && functionMap == ASE_NULL);
 
-	ase_awk_prmfns_t prmfns;
-
-	prmfns.mmgr.malloc      = allocMem;
-	prmfns.mmgr.realloc     = reallocMem;
-	prmfns.mmgr.free        = freeMem;
-	prmfns.mmgr.custom_data = this;
-
-	prmfns.ccls.is_upper    = isUpper;
-	prmfns.ccls.is_lower    = isLower;
-	prmfns.ccls.is_alpha    = isAlpha;
-	prmfns.ccls.is_digit    = isDigit;
-	prmfns.ccls.is_xdigit   = isXdigit;
-	prmfns.ccls.is_alnum    = isAlnum;
-	prmfns.ccls.is_space    = isSpace;
-	prmfns.ccls.is_print    = isPrint;
-	prmfns.ccls.is_graph    = isGraph;
-	prmfns.ccls.is_cntrl    = isCntrl;
-	prmfns.ccls.is_punct    = isPunct;
-	prmfns.ccls.to_upper    = toUpper;
-	prmfns.ccls.to_lower    = toLower;
-	prmfns.ccls.custom_data = this;
-
-	prmfns.misc.pow         = pow;
-	prmfns.misc.sprintf     = sprintf;
-	prmfns.misc.dprintf     = dprintf;
-	prmfns.misc.custom_data = this;
-
-	awk = ase_awk_open (&prmfns);
+	awk = ase_awk_open (&mmgr, 0, ASE_NULL);
 	if (awk == ASE_NULL)
 	{
 		setError (ERR_NOMEM);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	ase_awk_setassocdata (awk, this);
+	ase_awk_setccls (awk, &ccls);
+	ase_awk_setprmfns (awk, &prmfns);
 
 	functionMap = ase_map_open (
 		this, 512, 70, freeFunctionMapValue, ASE_NULL, 
diff --git a/ase/lib/awk/awk.c b/ase/lib/awk/awk.c
index 92d6b182..f8ff60ac 100644
--- a/ase/lib/awk/awk.c
+++ b/ase/lib/awk/awk.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: awk.c 278 2008-07-21 03:49:09Z baconevi $ 
+ * $Id: awk.c 279 2008-07-21 05:27:34Z baconevi $ 
  *
  * {License}
  */
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ase_awk_t* ase_awk_open (
 	if (awk == ASE_NULL) return ASE_NULL;
 
 	ase_memset (awk, 0, ASE_SIZEOF(ase_awk_t) + extension);
-	if (mmgr_fuser) mmgr = mmgr_fuser (mmgr, awk + 1, extension);
+	if (mmgr_fuser) mmgr = mmgr_fuser (mmgr, awk + 1);
 	awk->mmgr = mmgr;
 
 	if (ase_str_open (&awk->token.name, 128, mmgr) == ASE_NULL)