diff --git a/std/lists.ucg b/std/lists.ucg
index 7d88657..41342fe 100644
--- a/std/lists.ucg
+++ b/std/lists.ucg
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ let str_join = module{
     sep=" ",
     // The list is a required parameter.
     list=NULL,
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     // The function used by reduce to join the list into a string.
     let joiner = func (acc, item) =>  select (acc.out == ""), NULL, {
         true = acc{
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ let enumerate = module{
     step = 1,
     // The list to enumerate.
     list = NULL,
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     let reducer = func (acc, item) =>  acc{
         count = acc.count + acc.step,
         list=acc.list + [[acc.count, item]],
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ let enumerate = module{
 let zip = module{
     list1 = NULL,
     list2 = NULL,
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     let len = import "std/lists.ucg".len;
 
     // Compute the length of each list.
diff --git a/std/schema.ucg b/std/schema.ucg
index ee87f7d..5af7fa8 100644
--- a/std/schema.ucg
+++ b/std/schema.ucg
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ let base_type_of = func (val) => reduce(func (acc, f) => select (acc.val is f),
 
 // Turns any schema check module into a compile failure.
 // The module must export the computed value as the result field.
-let must = func (m, msg) => select m.result, fail msg, {
-    true = m.result,
+let must = func (m, msg) => select m, fail msg, {
+    true = m,
 };
 
 // Any does a boolean match against a set of allowed shapes for a type.
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ let any = module {
     val=NULL,
     // The set of allowed type shapes it can be.
     types=[],
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     let schema = import "std/schema.ucg";
 
     let reducer = func (acc, t) => acc{
-        ok = acc.ok || (schema.shaped{val=acc.val, shape=t}.result),
+        ok = acc.ok || (schema.shaped{val=acc.val, shape=t}),
     };
     let any = func (val, types) => reduce(reducer, {ok=false, val=val}, types);
 
@@ -65,19 +65,19 @@ let shaped = module {
     // fields in tuples that are not present in the
     // shape it is compared with.
     partial = true,
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     let schema = import "std/schema.ucg";
 
     let simple_handler = func (val, shape) => val is schema.base_type_of(shape);
 
     let tuple_handler = func (acc, name, value) => acc{
         ok = select (name) in acc.shape, mod.partial, {
-            true = schema.shaped{val=value, shape=acc.shape.(name)}.result,
+            true = schema.shaped{val=value, shape=acc.shape.(name)},
         },
     };
 
     let list_handler = func(acc, value) => acc{
-        ok = false || schema.any{val=value, types=acc.shape}.result,
+        ok = false || schema.any{val=value, types=acc.shape},
     };
     
     let result =select schema.base_type_of(mod.val), false, {
diff --git a/std/strings.ucg b/std/strings.ucg
index 3147107..adce034 100644
--- a/std/strings.ucg
+++ b/std/strings.ucg
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ let ops = module {
     let split_on = module{
         on=" ",
         str=mod.str,
-    } => {
+    } => (result) {
         let splitter = func(acc, char) => acc{
             out = select char == mod.on, acc.out, {
                 true = acc.out + [acc.buf],
diff --git a/std/tests/lists_test.ucg b/std/tests/lists_test.ucg
index 6c97c9f..ad6431c 100644
--- a/std/tests/lists_test.ucg
+++ b/std/tests/lists_test.ucg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let list_to_join = [1, 2, 3];
 let asserts = t.asserts{};
 
 assert asserts.equal{
-    left=list.str_join{sep=",", list=list_to_join}.result,
+    left=list.str_join{sep=",", list=list_to_join},
     right="1,2,3"
 };
 
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ assert asserts.equal{
 };
 
 assert asserts.equal{
-    left=list.enumerate{list=["foo", "bar"]}.result,
+    left=list.enumerate{list=["foo", "bar"]},
     right=[[0, "foo"], [1, "bar"]],
 };
 
 assert asserts.equal{
-    left=list.enumerate{start=1, list=["foo", "bar"]}.result,
+    left=list.enumerate{start=1, list=["foo", "bar"]},
     right=[[1, "foo"], [2, "bar"]],
 };
 
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ assert asserts.equal{
         start=1,
         step=2,
         list=["foo", "bar"]
-    }.result,
+    },
     right=[[1, "foo"], [3, "bar"]],
 };
 
 assert asserts.equal{
-    left=list.zip{list1=[0, 1], list2=[3, 4]}.result,
+    left=list.zip{list1=[0, 1], list2=[3, 4]},
     right=[[0, 3], [1, 4]],
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/std/tests/schema_test.ucg b/std/tests/schema_test.ucg
index 5a15eb6..e403786 100644
--- a/std/tests/schema_test.ucg
+++ b/std/tests/schema_test.ucg
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ assert t.ok{
 };
 
 assert t.not_ok{
-    test = schema.any{val=1, types=[1.0, ""]}.result,
+    test = schema.any{val=1, types=[1.0, ""]},
     desc = "1 is not a float or string",
 };
 
@@ -62,61 +62,61 @@ assert t.equal{
 };
 
 assert t.equal{
-    left = schema.shaped{val="foo", shape=""}.result,
+    left = schema.shaped{val="foo", shape=""},
     right = true,
 }; 
 
 assert t.ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{val="foo", shape=""}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{val="foo", shape=""},
     desc = "\"foo\" is same shape as \"\"",
 }; 
 
 assert t.not_ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{val="foo", shape=0}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{val="foo", shape=0},
     desc = "\"foo\" is not the same shape as 0",
 };
  
 assert t.ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{val={foo="bar"}, shape={foo=""}}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{val={foo="bar"}, shape={foo=""}},
     desc = "shaped for simple tuples works",
 };
 
 assert t.ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{val={foo="bar", count=1}, shape={foo=""}}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{val={foo="bar", count=1}, shape={foo=""}},
     desc = "shaped for partial tuples works",
 };
 
 assert t.not_ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{partial=false, val={foo="bar", count=1}, shape={foo=""}}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{partial=false, val={foo="bar", count=1}, shape={foo=""}},
     desc = "shaped for non partial tuples also works",
 };
 
 assert t.ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{val={foo="bar", inner={one=1}}, shape={foo="", inner={one=0}}}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{val={foo="bar", inner={one=1}}, shape={foo="", inner={one=0}}},
     desc = "shaped for nested tuples works",
 };
 
 assert t.ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{val={foo="bar", inner=[1, 2]}, shape={foo="", inner=[0]}}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{val={foo="bar", inner=[1, 2]}, shape={foo="", inner=[0]}},
     desc = "shaped for nested list in tuple works",
 };
 
 assert t.not_ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{val={inner={foo="bar"}}, shape={inner={foo=1}}}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{val={inner={foo="bar"}}, shape={inner={foo=1}}},
     desc = "shaped fails when the shape doesn't match",
 };
 
 assert t.ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{val={list=[1, "foo"]}, shape={list=[0, ""]}}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{val={list=[1, "foo"]}, shape={list=[0, ""]}},
     desc="inner list with valid types matches shape",
 };
 
 assert t.not_ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{val={list=[1, "foo", true]}, shape={list=[0, ""]}}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{val={list=[1, "foo", true]}, shape={list=[0, ""]}},
     desc="inner list with invalid types does not match shape",
 };
 
 assert t.ok{
-    test = schema.shaped{val={list=[1, "foo"]}, shape={list=[]}}.result,
+    test = schema.shaped{val={list=[1, "foo"]}, shape={list=[]}},
     desc="inner list with valid types matches empty list shape",
 };
diff --git a/std/tests/strings_test.ucg b/std/tests/strings_test.ucg
index a45c2c1..fb706ef 100644
--- a/std/tests/strings_test.ucg
+++ b/std/tests/strings_test.ucg
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ let t = import "std/testing.ucg".asserts{};
 let str_class = strings.ops{str="foo bar"};
 
 assert t.equal{
-    left = str_class.split_on{}.result,
+    left = str_class.split_on{},
     right = ["foo", "bar"],
 };
 
 assert t.equal{
-    left = strings.ops{str="foo"}.split_on{}.result,
+    left = strings.ops{str="foo"}.split_on{},
     right = ["foo"],
 };
 
 assert t.equal{
-    left = strings.ops{str=""}.split_on{}.result,
+    left = strings.ops{str=""}.split_on{},
     right = [""],
 };
 
diff --git a/std/tests/tuples_test.ucg b/std/tests/tuples_test.ucg
index 53192bc..210c8f4 100644
--- a/std/tests/tuples_test.ucg
+++ b/std/tests/tuples_test.ucg
@@ -2,32 +2,32 @@ let tpl = import "std/tuples.ucg";
 let t = (import "std/testing.ucg").asserts{};
 
 assert t.equal{
-    left = tpl.fields{tpl={foo=1, bar=2}}.result,
+    left = tpl.fields{tpl={foo=1, bar=2}},
     right = ["foo", "bar"],
 };
 
 assert t.equal{
-    left = tpl.values{tpl={foo=1, bar=2}}.result,
+    left = tpl.values{tpl={foo=1, bar=2}},
     right = [1, 2],
 };
 
 assert t.equal{
-    left = tpl.iter{tpl={foo=1, bar=2}}.result,
+    left = tpl.iter{tpl={foo=1, bar=2}},
     right = [["foo", 1], ["bar", 2]],
 };
 
 assert t.equal{
-    left = tpl.strip_nulls{tpl={foo="bar", bar=NULL}}.result,
+    left = tpl.strip_nulls{tpl={foo="bar", bar=NULL}},
     right = {foo="bar"},
 };
 
 assert t.ok{
-    test = tpl.has_fields{tpl={foo=1, bar=2}, fields=["foo", "bar"]}.result,
+    test = tpl.has_fields{tpl={foo=1, bar=2}, fields=["foo", "bar"]},
     desc = "tuple has fields has foo and bar fields",
 };
 
 assert t.not_ok{
-    test = tpl.has_fields{tpl={blah=1, bar=2}, fields=["foo", "bar"]}.result,
+    test = tpl.has_fields{tpl={blah=1, bar=2}, fields=["foo", "bar"]},
     desc = "tuple does not have fields foo and bar",
 };
 
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ assert t.ok{
         tpl={foo=1},
         field="foo",
         type="int",
-    }.result,
+    },
     desc = "tuple has field of type int",
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/std/tuples.ucg b/std/tuples.ucg
index ad2c786..81b7c0a 100644
--- a/std/tuples.ucg
+++ b/std/tuples.ucg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let assert_tuple = func (tpl) => select tpl is "tuple", NULL, {
 // Return a list of the fields in a tuple.
 let fields = module{
     tpl = NULL,
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     let assert_tuple = import "std/tuples.ucg".assert_tuple;
     // First we check that mod.tpl is a tuple.
     assert_tuple(mod.tpl);
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ let fields = module{
 // Return a list of the values in a tuple.
 let values = module{
     tpl = NULL,
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     let assert_tuple = import "std/tuples.ucg".assert_tuple;
     // First we check that mod.tpl is a tuple.
     assert_tuple(mod.tpl);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ let values = module{
 // Return a list of the key value pairs in the tuple.
 let iter = module{
     tpl = NULL,
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     let assert_tuple = import "std/tuples.ucg".assert_tuple;
     // First we check that mod.tpl is a tuple.
     assert_tuple(mod.tpl);
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ let iter = module{
 // Strip all the null fields from a tuple.
 let strip_nulls = module{
     tpl = NULL,
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     let assert_tuple = import "std/tuples.ucg".assert_tuple;
     // First we check that mod.tpl is a tuple.
     assert_tuple(mod.tpl);
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ let strip_nulls = module{
 let has_fields = module{
     tpl = NULL,
     fields = [],
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     let lib = import "std/tuples.ucg";
     // First we check that mod.tpl is a tuple.
     lib.assert_tuple(mod.tpl);
 
-    let fs = lib.fields{tpl=mod.tpl}.result;
+    let fs = lib.fields{tpl=mod.tpl};
 
     let result = reduce(func (acc, f) => acc && (f in fs), true, mod.fields);
 };
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ let field_type = module{
     tpl = NULL,
     field = NULL,
     type = NULL,
-} => {
+} => (result) {
     let lib = import "std/tuples.ucg";
     // First we check that mod.tpl is a tuple.
     lib.assert_tuple(mod.tpl);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ let field_type = module{
     };
 
     // Get the list of field value pairs.
-    let it = lib.iter{tpl=mod.tpl}.result;
+    let it = lib.iter{tpl=mod.tpl};
 
     // The reducer function used to check the field's types if it exists. 
     let reducer = func (acc, l) => acc && (select l.0 == mod.field, NULL, {
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ let field_type = module{
     });
 
     // The computed answer true or false.
-    let result = lib.has_fields{tpl=mod.tpl, fields=[mod.field]}.result && reduce(reducer, true, it);
+    let result = lib.has_fields{tpl=mod.tpl, fields=[mod.field]} && reduce(reducer, true, it);
 };