--- a/compiler.js	Sat Jul 19 20:18:34 2014 -0700
+++ b/compiler.js	Sun Jul 20 00:12:43 2014 -0700
@@ -380,6 +380,13 @@
 		} else {
 			throw new Error("Unexpected AST type for foreign:");
 		}
+	} else if (this.name == 'import:from:' && symbols instanceof osymbols  && this.args.length == 2) {
+		each(this.args[0].val, function(i, el) {
+			if (!(el instanceof symbol)) {
+				throw new Error('Names in import:from statement must be symbols');
+			}
+			symbols.defineMsg(el.name, new lambda([], []));
+		});
 	} else if (this.name == 'llProperty:withType:') {
 		if (this.args[0] instanceof symbol) {
 			if ((this.args[1] instanceof symbol) || (this.args[1] instanceof funcall)) {
@@ -391,10 +398,11 @@
 		} else {
 			throw new Error("First argument to llProperty:withType: must be a symbol or string");
 		}
-	} else if (this.name == 'llMessage:withVars:andCode:') {
+	} else if (this.name == 'llMessage:withVars:andCode:' && symbols instanceof osymbols) {
 		if (this.args[0] instanceof symbol || this.args[0] instanceof strlit) {
 			if (this.args[1] instanceof lambda) {
 				if (this.args[2] instanceof lambda) {
+					
 					symbols.defineMsg(this.args[0].name, this.args[2]);
 					isll = true;
 				} else {