diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/class.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/class.rkt
index 5e36c603b5..968d005e8f 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/class.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/class.rkt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   (lambda (code context)
     (syntax-parse code #:literal-sets (cruft)
       [(_ name (#%parens arg:honu-expression ...) . rest)
-       (define new #'(make-object name arg.result ...))
+       (define new #'(%racket (make-object name arg.result ...)))
        (values
          new
          #'rest
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/compile.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/compile.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0bff6cbc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/compile.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#lang racket/base
+
+(require syntax/parse
+         "literals.rkt"
+         (for-template racket/base))
+
+(provide honu->racket)
+(define (honu->racket forms)
+  (define-literal-set literals (%racket))
+  ;; (debug "honu to racket ~a\n" (pretty-format (syntax->datum forms)))
+  (syntax-parse forms #:literal-sets (literals)
+    [(%racket x) (honu->racket #'x)]
+    [(form ...)
+     (with-syntax ([(form* ...) (map honu->racket (syntax->list #'(form ...)))])
+       #'(form* ...))]
+    [x #'x]
+    [() forms]))
+
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/honu-typed-scheme.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/honu-typed-scheme.rkt
index 25b28ee3d2..6349989c1d 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/honu-typed-scheme.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/honu-typed-scheme.rkt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
                      scheme/splicing
                      macro-debugger/emit
                      racket/pretty
+                     "compile.rkt"
                      "debug.rkt"
                      "contexts.rkt"
                      "util.rkt"
@@ -457,17 +458,6 @@ Then, in the pattern above for 'if', 'then' would be bound to the following synt
 (define-for-syntax (honu-compile forms)
   #'(void))
 
-(define-for-syntax (honu->racket forms)
-  (define-literal-set literals (%racket))
-  ;; (debug "honu to racket ~a\n" (pretty-format (syntax->datum forms)))
-  (syntax-parse forms #:literal-sets (literals)
-    [(%racket x) (honu->racket #'x)]
-    [(form ...)
-     (with-syntax ([(form* ...) (map honu->racket (syntax->list #'(form ...)))])
-       #'(form* ...))]
-    [x #'x]
-    [() forms]))
-
 (provide honu-unparsed-begin)
 (define-syntax (honu-unparsed-begin stx)
   (emit-remark "Honu unparsed begin!" stx)
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/macro2.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/macro2.rkt
index 53cec2a37c..054258b8e7 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/macro2.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/macro2.rkt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   (define-splicing-syntax-class pattern-type
     #:literal-sets (cruft)
     [pattern (~seq name colon class)
+             ;; we know the output of syntactic classes will end with _result
              #:with result (with-syntax ([name.result (format-id #'name "~a_result" #'name)])
                              #'(name name.result))]
     [pattern x #:with result #f])
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
index f7f86e85e3..7216ec1041 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 (require ;; "macro2.rkt"
          "literals.rkt"
          "debug.rkt"
+         "compile.rkt"
          (prefix-in transformer: "transformer.rkt")
          racket/pretty
          syntax/stx
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@
                           (parse-arguments #'(args ...))])
              #'(define (function parsed-arguments ...)
                  (let-syntax ([parse-more (lambda (stx)
-                                            (parse-all #'(code ...)))])
+                                            (honu->racket (parse-all #'(code ...))))])
                    (parse-more))))])
 
 ;; E = macro
@@ -322,13 +323,9 @@
                       (syntax-parse #'(stuff ...) #:literal-sets (cruft)
                         [(work:honu-expression colon (~seq variable:id honu-<- list:honu-expression (~optional honu-comma)) ...)
                          (define comprehension
-                           (with-syntax ([(list-parsed ...) (map (lambda (list)
-                                                                   (parse-all list))
-                                                                 (syntax->list #'(list.result ...)))]
-                                         [work-parsed (parse-all #'work.result)])
-                             #'(for/list ([variable list-parsed]
+                             #'(for/list ([variable list.result]
                                           ...)
-                                 work-parsed)))
+                                          work.result))
                          (if current
                            (error 'parse "a list comprehension cannot follow an expression")
                            (do-parse #'(rest ...) precedence left comprehension))]
@@ -409,7 +406,8 @@
              [code code])
     (define-values (parsed unparsed)
                    (parse (strip-stops code)))
-    (debug "Parsed ~a unparsed ~a\n" (if parsed (syntax->datum parsed) parsed)
+    (debug "Parsed ~a unparsed ~a\n"
+           (if parsed (syntax->datum parsed) parsed)
            (if unparsed (syntax->datum unparsed) unparsed))
     (if (empty-syntax? unparsed)
       (with-syntax ([(use ...) (reverse (if parsed