--- a/cbackend.js	Tue Jul 10 22:09:21 2012 -0700
+++ b/cbackend.js	Tue Jul 10 23:09:44 2012 -0700
@@ -108,10 +108,18 @@
 }
 
 listlit.prototype.toC = function() {
-	var ret = 'make_list(';
-	each(this.val, function(idx, el) {
-		ret += (idx ? ', ' : '') + el.toC();
-	});
+	var ret = 'make_list(' + this.val.length + ', ';
+	for (var i = 0; i < this.val.length; i++) {
+		ret += (i ? ', ' : '') + this.val[i].toC();
+	}
+	return ret + ')';
+}
+
+arraylit.prototype.toC = function() {
+	var ret = 'make_array(' + this.val.length + ', ';
+	for (var i = 0; i < this.val.length; i++) {
+		ret += (i ? ', ' : '') + this.val[i].toC();
+	}
 	return ret + ')';
 }
 
@@ -341,9 +349,33 @@
 	addCompOp(int32, 'NEQ_', '!=', 'obj_int32');
 	addCompOp(int32, 'GEQ_', '>=', 'obj_int32');
 	addCompOp(int32, 'LEQ_', '<=', 'obj_int32');
+	var array = new cObject('array');
+	array.addProperty('size', null, 'uint32_t');
+	array.addProperty('storage', null, 'uint32_t');
+	array.addProperty('data', null, 'object **');
+	array.addMessage('get', {
+		vars: {index: 'obj_int32 *'},
+		lines: [
+			'index = va_arg(args, obj_int32 *);',
+			'if (index->num >= 0 && index->num < self->size) {',
+			'	return self->data[index->num];',
+			'}',
+			'return mcall(METHOD_ID_FALSE, 1, main_module);'
+		]
+	});
+	array.addMessage('set', {
+		vars: {index: 'obj_int32 *'},
+		lines: [
+			'index = va_arg(args, obj_int32 *);',
+			'if (index->num >= 0 && index->num < self->size) {',
+			'	self->data[index->num] = va_arg(args, object *);',
+			'}',
+			'return (object *)self;'
+		]
+	});
 	forwarddec = toplevelcode = '';
-	forwarddec += int32.toEarlyCDef();
-	toplevelcode += int32.toCDef();
+	forwarddec += int32.toEarlyCDef() + array.toEarlyCDef();
+	toplevelcode += int32.toCDef() + array.toCDef();
 	obj.populateSymbols(toplevel);
 	var rest = 'object * mainModule() {\n\tmain_module = ' + obj.toC() + ';\n\treturn main_module;\n}\n';
 	return '#include "runtime/proghead.inc"\n' +
@@ -440,13 +472,14 @@
 assignment.prototype.toC = function() {
 	var existing = this.symbols.find(this.symbol.name);
 	var prefix = '';
-	if (!existing) {
-		prefix =  'object * ';
-	}
 	var val = this.expression.toC();
 	if (val === null) {
 		return null;
 	}
+	if (existing.type == 'local' && !existing.isdeclared) {
+		prefix = 'object *';
+		this.symbols.declareVar(this.symbol.name);
+	}
 	return prefix + this.symbol.toC() + ' = ' + val;
 };
 assignment.prototype.toCObject = function(cobj) {