Index: src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc	(revision add7117c7fabc334eeb5508d12db94492b7fcdbc)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc	(revision 5af62f116761c48d951dab0d109ca3854f147542)
@@ -142,24 +142,4 @@
 		}
 
-		template< typename InputIterator, typename OutputIterator >
-		void findMinCost( InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, OutputIterator out ) {
-			AltList alternatives;
-
-			// select the alternatives that have the minimum parameter cost
-			Cost minCost = Cost::infinity;
-			for ( AltList::iterator i = begin; i != end; ++i ) {
-				if ( i->cost < minCost ) {
-					minCost = i->cost;
-					i->cost = i->cvtCost;
-					alternatives.clear();
-					alternatives.push_back( *i );
-				} else if ( i->cost == minCost ) {
-					i->cost = i->cvtCost;
-					alternatives.push_back( *i );
-				}
-			}
-			std::copy( alternatives.begin(), alternatives.end(), out );
-		}
-
 		template< typename InputIterator >
 		void simpleCombineEnvironments( InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, TypeEnvironment &result ) {
@@ -254,4 +234,16 @@
 	template< typename StructOrUnionType >
 	void AlternativeFinder::addAggMembers( StructOrUnionType *aggInst, Expression *expr, const Cost &newCost, const TypeEnvironment & env, Expression * member ) {
+
+		// // member must be either a tuple expression or a name expr
+		// if ( NameExpr * nameExpr = dynamic_cast< NameExpr * >( memberExpr->get_member() ) ) {
+		//  addAggMembers( structInst, agg->expr, agg->cost, nameExpr->get_name() );
+		// } else {
+		//  TupleExpr * tupleExpr = safe_dynamic_cast< TupleExpr * >( memberExpr->get_member() );
+		//  // xxx - ...
+		//  assert( false );
+		// }
+		// if ( TupleExpr * tupleExpr = dynamic_cast< TupleExpr * >( memberExpr->get_member() ) ) {
+
+		// }
 		NameExpr * nameExpr = safe_dynamic_cast< NameExpr * >( member );
 		const std::string & name = nameExpr->get_name();
@@ -639,9 +631,7 @@
 		combos( argAlternatives.begin(), argAlternatives.end(), back_inserter( possibilities ) );
 
-		Tuples::TupleAssignSpotter tassign( this );
-		if ( tassign.isTupleAssignment( untypedExpr, possibilities ) ) {
-			// take care of possible tuple assignments, or discard expression
-			return;
-		} // else ...
+		// take care of possible tuple assignments
+		// if not tuple assignment, assignment is taken care of as a normal function call
+		Tuples::handleTupleAssignment( *this, untypedExpr, possibilities );
 
 		AltList candidates;
Index: src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.h
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.h	(revision add7117c7fabc334eeb5508d12db94492b7fcdbc)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.h	(revision 5af62f116761c48d951dab0d109ca3854f147542)
@@ -67,11 +67,9 @@
 		virtual void visit( ImplicitCopyCtorExpr * impCpCtorExpr );
 		virtual void visit( ConstructorExpr * ctorExpr );
-	  public:  // xxx - temporary hack - should make Tuples::TupleAssignment a friend
-	  /// Runs a new alternative finder on each element in [begin, end)
-	  /// and writes each alternative finder to out.
+		/// Runs a new alternative finder on each element in [begin, end)
+		/// and writes each alternative finder to out.
 		template< typename InputIterator, typename OutputIterator >
 		void findSubExprs( InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, OutputIterator out );
 
-	  private:
 		/// Adds alternatives for member expressions, given the aggregate, conversion cost for that aggregate, and name of the member
 		template< typename StructOrUnionType > void addAggMembers( StructOrUnionType *aggInst, Expression *expr, const Cost &newCost, const TypeEnvironment & env, Expression * member );
@@ -91,4 +89,24 @@
 
 	Expression *resolveInVoidContext( Expression *expr, const SymTab::Indexer &indexer, TypeEnvironment &env );
+
+	template< typename InputIterator, typename OutputIterator >
+	void findMinCost( InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, OutputIterator out ) {
+		AltList alternatives;
+
+		// select the alternatives that have the minimum parameter cost
+		Cost minCost = Cost::infinity;
+		for ( InputIterator i = begin; i != end; ++i ) {
+			if ( i->cost < minCost ) {
+				minCost = i->cost;
+				i->cost = i->cvtCost;
+				alternatives.clear();
+				alternatives.push_back( *i );
+			} else if ( i->cost == minCost ) {
+				i->cost = i->cvtCost;
+				alternatives.push_back( *i );
+			}
+		}
+		std::copy( alternatives.begin(), alternatives.end(), out );
+	}
 } // namespace ResolvExpr
 
Index: src/Tuples/TupleAssignment.cc
===================================================================
--- src/Tuples/TupleAssignment.cc	(revision add7117c7fabc334eeb5508d12db94492b7fcdbc)
+++ src/Tuples/TupleAssignment.cc	(revision 5af62f116761c48d951dab0d109ca3854f147542)
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 // file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
 //
-// TupleAssignment.cc -- 
+// TupleAssignment.cc --
 //
 // Author           : Rodolfo G. Esteves
@@ -27,383 +27,235 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <set>
+#include <unordered_set>
 
 namespace Tuples {
-	TupleAssignSpotter::TupleAssignSpotter( ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder *f = 0 )
-		: currentFinder(f), matcher(0), hasMatched( false ) {}
-
-	bool TupleAssignSpotter::pointsToTuple( Expression *expr ) {
+	class TupleAssignSpotter {
+	  public:
+		// dispatcher for Tuple (multiple and mass) assignment operations
+		TupleAssignSpotter( ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder & );
+		void spot( UntypedExpr * expr, std::list<ResolvExpr::AltList> &possibilities );
+
+	  private:
+		void match();
+		// records for assignment generation
+		struct Options {
+			std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList > get_best();
+			void print( std::ostream & );
+			int size() const { return options.size(); }
+			bool empty() const { return options.empty(); }
+			typedef std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList >::iterator iterator;
+			iterator begin() { return options.begin(); }
+			iterator end() { return options.end(); }
+
+			std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList > options;
+		};
+
+		class Matcher {
+		  public:
+			Matcher( TupleAssignSpotter &spotter, Expression *_lhs, Expression *_rhs );
+			virtual ~Matcher() {}
+			virtual void match( std::list< Expression * > &out ) = 0;
+			virtual void solve( std::list< Expression * > &assigns ) = 0;
+			static UntypedExpr *createAssgn( Expression *left, Expression *right );
+		  protected:
+			std::list< Expression * > lhs, rhs;
+			TupleAssignSpotter &spotter;
+		};
+
+		class MassAssignMatcher : public Matcher {
+		  public:
+			MassAssignMatcher( TupleAssignSpotter &spotter, Expression *lhs, Expression *rhs ) : Matcher( spotter, lhs, rhs ) {
+				this->rhs.push_back( rhs );
+			}
+			virtual void match( std::list< Expression * > &out );
+			virtual void solve( std::list< Expression * > &assigns );
+		};
+
+		class MultipleAssignMatcher : public Matcher {
+		  public:
+			MultipleAssignMatcher( TupleAssignSpotter &spot, Expression *lhs, Expression *rhs );
+			virtual void match( std::list< Expression * > &out );
+			virtual void solve( std::list< Expression * > &assigns );
+		};
+
+		ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder &currentFinder;
+		Expression *rhs, *lhs;
+		Matcher *matcher = nullptr;
+		Options options;
+	};
+
+	bool isTupleVar( DeclarationWithType *decl ) {
+		return dynamic_cast< TupleType * >( decl->get_type() );
+	}
+
+	/// true if expr is an expression of tuple type, i.e. a tuple expression, tuple variable, or MRV (multiple-return-value) function
+	bool isTuple( Expression *expr ) {
+		if ( ! expr ) return false;
+
+		// xxx - used to include cast to varExpr and call to isTupleVar, but this doesn't seem like it should be necessary
+		return dynamic_cast<TupleExpr *>(expr) || expr->get_results().size() > 1;
+	}
+
+	bool pointsToTuple( Expression *expr ) {
 		// also check for function returning tuple of reference types
-		if (AddressExpr *addr = dynamic_cast<AddressExpr *>(expr) )
-			if ( isTuple(addr->get_arg() ) )
-				return true;
+		if ( AddressExpr *addr = dynamic_cast< AddressExpr * >( expr) ) {
+			return isTuple( addr->get_arg() );
+		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	bool TupleAssignSpotter::isTupleVar( DeclarationWithType *decl ) {
-		if ( dynamic_cast<TupleType *>(decl->get_type()) )
-			return true;
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	bool TupleAssignSpotter::isTuple( Expression *expr, bool isRight ) {
-		// true if `expr' is an expression returning a tuple: tuple, tuple variable or MRV function
-		if ( ! expr ) return false;
-
-		if ( dynamic_cast<TupleExpr *>(expr) )
-			return true;
-		else if ( VariableExpr *var = dynamic_cast<VariableExpr *>(expr) ) {
-			if ( isTupleVar(var->get_var()) )
-				return true;
-		}
-
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	bool TupleAssignSpotter::match() {
-		assert ( matcher != 0 );
-
-		std::list< Expression * > new_assigns;
-		if ( ! matcher->match(new_assigns) )
-			return false;
-
-		if ( new_assigns.empty() ) return false;
-		/*return */matcher->solve( new_assigns );
-		if ( dynamic_cast<TupleAssignSpotter::MultipleAssignMatcher *>( matcher ) ) {
-			// now resolve new assignments
-			std::list< Expression * > solved_assigns;
-			ResolvExpr::AltList solved_alts;
-			assert( currentFinder != 0 );
-
-			ResolvExpr::AltList current;
-			for ( std::list< Expression * >::iterator i = new_assigns.begin(); i != new_assigns.end(); ++i ) {
-				//try {
-				ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder finder( currentFinder->get_indexer(), currentFinder->get_environ() );
-				finder.findWithAdjustment(*i);
-				// prune expressions that don't coincide with
-				ResolvExpr::AltList alts = finder.get_alternatives();
-				assert( alts.size() == 1 );
-				assert(alts.front().expr != 0 );
-				current.push_back( finder.get_alternatives().front() );
-				solved_assigns.push_back( alts.front().expr->clone() );
-				//solved_assigns.back()->print(std::cerr);
-				/*} catch( ... ) {
-				  continue; // no reasonable alternative found
-				  }*/
-			}
-			options.add_option( current );
-
-			return true;
-		} else { // mass assignment
-			//if ( new_assigns.empty() ) return false;
-			std::list< Expression * > solved_assigns;
-			ResolvExpr::AltList solved_alts;
-			assert( currentFinder != 0 );
-
-			ResolvExpr::AltList current;
-			if ( optMass.empty() ) {
-				for ( std::list< Expression * >::size_type i = 0; i != new_assigns.size(); ++i )
-					optMass.push_back( ResolvExpr::AltList() );
-			}
-			int cnt = 0;
-			for ( std::list< Expression * >::iterator i = new_assigns.begin(); i != new_assigns.end(); ++i, cnt++ ) {
-
-				ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder finder( currentFinder->get_indexer(), currentFinder->get_environ() );
-				finder.findWithAdjustment(*i);
-				ResolvExpr::AltList alts = finder.get_alternatives();
-				assert( alts.size() == 1 );
-				assert(alts.front().expr != 0 );
-				current.push_back( finder.get_alternatives().front() );
-				optMass[cnt].push_back( finder.get_alternatives().front() );
-				solved_assigns.push_back( alts.front().expr->clone() );
-			}
-
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	bool TupleAssignSpotter::isMVR( Expression *expr ) {
-		if ( expr->get_results().size() > 1 ) {
-			// MVR processing
-			return true;
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	bool TupleAssignSpotter::isTupleAssignment( UntypedExpr * expr, std::list<ResolvExpr::AltList> &possibilities ) {
+	bool isTupleExpr( Expression *expr ) {
+		return expr->get_results().size() > 1;
+	}
+
+	void handleTupleAssignment( ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder & currentFinder, UntypedExpr * expr, std::list<ResolvExpr::AltList> &possibilities ) {
+		TupleAssignSpotter spotter( currentFinder );
+		spotter.spot( expr, possibilities );
+	}
+
+	TupleAssignSpotter::TupleAssignSpotter( ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder &f )
+		: currentFinder(f) {}
+
+	void TupleAssignSpotter::spot( UntypedExpr * expr, std::list<ResolvExpr::AltList> &possibilities ) {
 		if (  NameExpr *assgnop = dynamic_cast< NameExpr * >(expr->get_function()) ) {
-
 			if ( assgnop->get_name() == std::string("?=?") ) {
-
 				for ( std::list<ResolvExpr::AltList>::iterator ali = possibilities.begin(); ali != possibilities.end(); ++ali ) {
 					assert( ali->size() == 2 );
-					ResolvExpr::AltList::iterator opit = ali->begin();
-					ResolvExpr::Alternative op1 = *opit, op2 = *(++opit);
-
+					ResolvExpr::Alternative op1 = ali->front(), op2 = ali->back();
+
+					MultipleAssignMatcher multiMatcher( *this, op1.expr, op2.expr );
+					MassAssignMatcher massMatcher( *this, op1.expr, op2.expr );
 					if ( pointsToTuple(op1.expr) ) { // also handles tuple vars
-						if ( isTuple( op2.expr, true ) )
-							matcher = new MultipleAssignMatcher(op1.expr, op2.expr);
-						else if ( isMVR( op2.expr ) ) {
-							// handle MVR differently
-						} else
+						if ( isTuple( op2.expr ) ) {
+							matcher = &multiMatcher;
+						} else {
 							// mass assignment
-							matcher = new MassAssignMatcher(op1.expr, op2.expr);
-
-						std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList > options;
-						if ( match() )
-							/*
-							  if ( hasMatched ) {
-							  // throw SemanticError("Ambiguous tuple assignment");
-							  } else {*/
-							// Matched for the first time
-							hasMatched = true;
-						/*} */
-					} /* else if ( isTuple( op2 ) )
-						 throw SemanticError("Inapplicable tuple assignment.");
-					  */
-				}
-
-				if ( hasMatched ) {
-					if ( dynamic_cast<TupleAssignSpotter::MultipleAssignMatcher *>( matcher ) ) {
-						//options.print( std::cerr );
-						std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList >best = options.get_best();
-						if ( best.size() == 1 ) {
-							std::list<Expression *> solved_assigns;
-							for ( ResolvExpr::AltList::iterator i = best.front().begin(); i != best.front().end(); ++i ) {
-								solved_assigns.push_back( i->expr );
-							}
-							/* assigning cost zero? */
-							currentFinder->get_alternatives().push_front( ResolvExpr::Alternative(new SolvedTupleExpr(solved_assigns/*, SolvedTupleExpr::MULTIPLE*/), currentFinder->get_environ(), ResolvExpr::Cost() ) );
+							matcher = &massMatcher;
 						}
-					} else {
-						assert( ! optMass.empty() );
-						ResolvExpr::AltList winners;
-						for ( std::vector< ResolvExpr::AltList >::iterator i = optMass.begin(); i != optMass.end(); ++i )
-							findMinCostAlt( i->begin(), i->end(), back_inserter(winners) );
-
-						std::list< Expression *> solved_assigns;
-						for ( ResolvExpr::AltList::iterator i = winners.begin(); i != winners.end(); ++i )
-							solved_assigns.push_back( i->expr );
-						currentFinder->get_alternatives().push_front( ResolvExpr::Alternative(new SolvedTupleExpr(solved_assigns/*, SolvedTupleExpr::MASS*/), currentFinder->get_environ(), ResolvExpr::Cost() ) );
+						match();
+					} else if ( isTuple( op2.expr ) ) {
+						throw SemanticError("Cannot assign a tuple value into a non-tuple lvalue.", expr);
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		return hasMatched;
-	}
-
-	void TupleAssignSpotter::Matcher::init( Expression *_lhs, Expression *_rhs ) {
-		lhs.clear();
-		if (AddressExpr *addr = dynamic_cast<AddressExpr *>(_lhs) )
+	}
+
+	void TupleAssignSpotter::match() {
+		assert ( matcher != 0 );
+
+		std::list< Expression * > new_assigns;
+		matcher->match( new_assigns );
+
+		if ( new_assigns.empty() ) return;
+		std::list< Expression * > solved_assigns;
+		ResolvExpr::AltList solved_alts;
+		ResolvExpr::AltList current;
+		// now resolve new assignments
+		for ( std::list< Expression * >::iterator i = new_assigns.begin(); i != new_assigns.end(); ++i ) {
+			ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder finder( currentFinder.get_indexer(), currentFinder.get_environ() );
+			finder.findWithAdjustment(*i);
+			// prune expressions that don't coincide with
+			ResolvExpr::AltList alts = finder.get_alternatives();
+			assert( alts.size() == 1 );
+			assert( alts.front().expr != 0 );
+			current.push_back( finder.get_alternatives().front() );
+			solved_assigns.push_back( alts.front().expr->clone() );
+		}
+		options.options.push_back( current );
+
+		matcher->solve( new_assigns );
+	}
+
+	TupleAssignSpotter::Matcher::Matcher( TupleAssignSpotter &spotter, Expression *lhs, Expression *rhs ) : spotter(spotter) {
+		// xxx - shouldn't need to be &<tuple-expr>, just &<lvalue-tuple-type>
+		if (AddressExpr *addr = dynamic_cast<AddressExpr *>(lhs) )
 			if ( TupleExpr *tuple = dynamic_cast<TupleExpr *>(addr->get_arg()) )
-				std::copy( tuple->get_exprs().begin(), tuple->get_exprs().end(), back_inserter(lhs) );
-
-		rhs.clear();
-	}
-
-	TupleAssignSpotter::Matcher::Matcher( /*TupleAssignSpotter &spot,*/ Expression *_lhs, Expression *_rhs ) /*: own_spotter(spot) */{
-		init(_lhs,_rhs);
-	}
-
-	TupleAssignSpotter::MultipleAssignMatcher::MultipleAssignMatcher( Expression *_lhs, Expression *_rhs )/* : own_spotter(spot) */{
-		init(_lhs,_rhs);
-
-		if ( TupleExpr *tuple = dynamic_cast<TupleExpr *>(_rhs) )
-			std::copy( tuple->get_exprs().begin(), tuple->get_exprs().end(), back_inserter(rhs) );
+				std::copy( tuple->get_exprs().begin(), tuple->get_exprs().end(), back_inserter(this->lhs) );
+	}
+
+	TupleAssignSpotter::MultipleAssignMatcher::MultipleAssignMatcher( TupleAssignSpotter &spotter, Expression *lhs, Expression *rhs ) : Matcher( spotter, lhs, rhs ) {
+
+		if ( TupleExpr *tuple = dynamic_cast<TupleExpr *>(rhs) )
+			std::copy( tuple->get_exprs().begin(), tuple->get_exprs().end(), back_inserter(this->rhs) );
 	}
 
 	UntypedExpr *TupleAssignSpotter::Matcher::createAssgn( Expression *left, Expression *right ) {
-		if ( left && right ) {
-			std::list< Expression * > args;
-			args.push_back(new AddressExpr(left->clone()));  args.push_back(right->clone());
-			return new UntypedExpr(new NameExpr("?=?"), args);
-		} else
-			throw 0; // xxx - diagnose the problem
-	}
-
-	bool TupleAssignSpotter::MassAssignMatcher::match( std::list< Expression * > &out ) {
-		if ( lhs.empty() || (rhs.size() != 1) ) return false;
-
-		for ( std::list< Expression * >::iterator l = lhs.begin(); l != lhs.end(); l++ ) {
-			std::list< Expression * > args;
-			args.push_back( new AddressExpr(*l) );
-			args.push_back( rhs.front() );
-			out.push_back( new UntypedExpr(new NameExpr("?=?"), args) );
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	bool TupleAssignSpotter::MassAssignMatcher::solve( std::list< Expression * > &assigns ) {
-		/*
-		  std::list< Expression * > solved_assigns;
-		  ResolvExpr::AltList solved_alts;
-		  assert( currentFinder != 0 );
-
-		  ResolvExpr::AltList current;
-		  if ( optMass.empty() ) {
-		  for ( std::list< Expression * >::size_type i = 0; i != new_assigns.size(); ++i )
-		  optMass.push_back( ResolvExpr::AltList() );
-		  }
-		  int cnt = 0;
-		  for ( std::list< Expression * >::iterator i = new_assigns.begin(); i != new_assigns.end(); ++i, cnt++ ) {
-
-		  ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder finder( currentFinder->get_indexer(), currentFinder->get_environ() );
-		  finder.findWithAdjustment(*i);
-		  ResolvExpr::AltList alts = finder.get_alternatives();
-		  assert( alts.size() == 1 );
-		  assert(alts.front().expr != 0 );
-		  current.push_back( finder.get_alternatives().front() );
-		  optMass[cnt].push_back( finder.get_alternatives().front() );
-		  solved_assigns.push_back( alts.front().expr->clone() );
-		  }
-		*/
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	bool TupleAssignSpotter::MultipleAssignMatcher::match( std::list< Expression * > &out ) {
-		// need more complicated matching
+		assert( left && right );
+		std::list< Expression * > args;
+		args.push_back( new AddressExpr( left->clone() ) );
+		args.push_back( right->clone() );
+		return new UntypedExpr( new NameExpr( "?=?" ), args );
+	}
+
+	void TupleAssignSpotter::MassAssignMatcher::match( std::list< Expression * > &out ) {
+		assert ( ! lhs.empty() && rhs.size() == 1);
+
+		for ( Expression * l : lhs ) {
+			out.push_back( createAssgn( l, rhs.front() ) );
+		}
+	}
+
+	void TupleAssignSpotter::MassAssignMatcher::solve( std::list< Expression * > &assigns ) {
+		assert( ! spotter.options.empty() );
+		ResolvExpr::AltList winners;
+		for ( std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList >::iterator i = spotter.options.begin(); i != spotter.options.end(); ++i ) {
+			findMinCost( i->begin(), i->end(), back_inserter(winners) );
+		}
+
+		std::list< Expression *> solved_assigns;
+		for ( ResolvExpr::AltList::iterator i = winners.begin(); i != winners.end(); ++i ) {
+			solved_assigns.push_back( i->expr );
+		}
+		spotter.currentFinder.get_alternatives().push_front( ResolvExpr::Alternative(new SolvedTupleExpr(solved_assigns), spotter.currentFinder.get_environ(), ResolvExpr::Cost() ) );
+	}
+
+	void TupleAssignSpotter::MultipleAssignMatcher::match( std::list< Expression * > &out ) {
+		// xxx - need more complicated matching?
 		if ( lhs.size() == rhs.size() ) {
 			zipWith( lhs.begin(), lhs.end(), rhs.begin(), rhs.end(), back_inserter(out), TupleAssignSpotter::Matcher::createAssgn );
-			return true;
-		} //else
-		//std::cerr << "The length of (left, right) is: (" << lhs.size() << "," << rhs.size() << ")" << std::endl;*/
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	bool TupleAssignSpotter::MultipleAssignMatcher::solve( std::list< Expression * > &assigns ) {
-		/*
-		  std::list< Expression * > solved_assigns;
-		  ResolvExpr::AltList solved_alts;
-		  assert( currentFinder != 0 );
-
-		  ResolvExpr::AltList current;
-		  for ( std::list< Expression * >::iterator i = new_assigns.begin(); i != new_assigns.end(); ++i ) {
-		  //try {
-		  ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder finder( currentFinder->get_indexer(), currentFinder->get_environ() );
-		  finder.findWithAdjustment(*i);
-		  // prune expressions that don't coincide with
-		  ResolvExpr::AltList alts = finder.get_alternatives();
-		  assert( alts.size() == 1 );
-		  assert(alts.front().expr != 0 );
-		  current.push_back( finder.get_alternatives().front() );
-		  solved_assigns.push_back( alts.front().expr->clone() );
-		  //solved_assigns.back()->print(std::cerr);
-		  //} catch( ... ) {
-		  //continue; // no reasonable alternative found
-		  //}
-		  }
-		  options.add_option( current );
-		*/
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	void TupleAssignSpotter::Options::add_option( ResolvExpr::AltList &opt ) {
-		using namespace std;
-
-		options.push_back( opt );
-		/*
-		  vector< Cost > costs;
-		  costs.reserve( opt.size() );
-		  transform( opt.begin(), opt.end(), back_inserter(costs), ptr_fun(extract_cost) );
-		*/
-		// transpose matrix
-		if ( costMatrix.empty() )
-			for ( unsigned int i = 0; i< opt.size(); ++i)
-				costMatrix.push_back( vector<ResolvExpr::Cost>() );
-
-		int cnt = 0;
-		for ( ResolvExpr::AltList::iterator i = opt.begin(); i != opt.end(); ++i, cnt++ )
-			costMatrix[cnt].push_back( i->cost );
-
-		return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	void TupleAssignSpotter::MultipleAssignMatcher::solve( std::list< Expression * > &assigns ) {
+		// options.print( std::cerr );
+		std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList > best = spotter.options.get_best();
+		if ( best.size() == 1 ) {
+			std::list<Expression *> solved_assigns;
+			for ( ResolvExpr::AltList::iterator i = best.front().begin(); i != best.front().end(); ++i ) {
+				solved_assigns.push_back( i->expr );
+			}
+			/* assigning cost zero? */
+			spotter.currentFinder.get_alternatives().push_front( ResolvExpr::Alternative(new SolvedTupleExpr(solved_assigns), spotter.currentFinder.get_environ(), ResolvExpr::Cost() ) );
+		}
 	}
 
 	std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList > TupleAssignSpotter::Options::get_best() {
-		using namespace std;
-		using namespace ResolvExpr;
-		list< ResolvExpr::AltList > ret;
-		list< multiset<int> > solns;
-		for ( vector< vector<Cost> >::iterator i = costMatrix.begin(); i != costMatrix.end(); ++i ) {
-			list<int> current;
-			findMinCost( i->begin(), i->end(), back_inserter(current) );
-			solns.push_back( multiset<int>(current.begin(), current.end()) );
-		}
-		// need to combine
-		multiset<int> result;
-		lift_intersection( solns.begin(), solns.end(), inserter( result, result.begin() ) );
-		if ( result.size() != 1 )
+		std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList > ret;
+		std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList > solns;
+		for ( ResolvExpr::AltList & i : options ) {
+			ResolvExpr::AltList current;
+			findMinCost( i.begin(), i.end(), back_inserter(current) );
+			solns.push_back( ResolvExpr::AltList(current.begin(), current.end()) );
+		}
+		// need to combine -- previously "lift_intersection", which
+		// did some madness involving, effectively, the intersection of
+		// a bunch of AltLists
+		std::list<ResolvExpr::AltList> result = solns;
+		if ( result.size() != 1 ) {
 			throw SemanticError("Ambiguous tuple expression");
-		ret.push_back(get_option( *(result.begin() )));
+		}
+		ret.push_back( *result.begin() );
 		return ret;
 	}
 
 	void TupleAssignSpotter::Options::print( std::ostream &ostr ) {
-		using namespace std;
-
-		for ( vector< vector < ResolvExpr::Cost > >::iterator i = costMatrix.begin(); i != costMatrix.end(); ++i ) {
-			for ( vector < ResolvExpr::Cost >::iterator j = i->begin(); j != i->end(); ++j )
-				ostr << *j << " " ;
+		for ( ResolvExpr::AltList & l : options ) {
+			for ( ResolvExpr::Alternative & alt : l ) {
+				alt.print( ostr );
+				ostr << " ";
+			}
 			ostr << std::endl;
 		} // for
-		return;
-	}
-
-	ResolvExpr::Cost extract_cost( ResolvExpr::Alternative &alt ) {
-		return alt.cost;
-	}
-
-	template< typename InputIterator, typename OutputIterator >
-	void TupleAssignSpotter::Options::findMinCost( InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, OutputIterator out ) {
-		using namespace ResolvExpr;
-		std::list<int> alternatives;
-
-		// select the alternatives that have the minimum parameter cost
-		Cost minCost = Cost::infinity;
-		unsigned int index = 0;
-		for ( InputIterator i = begin; i != end; ++i, index++ ) {
-			if ( *i < minCost ) {
-				minCost = *i;
-				alternatives.clear();
-				alternatives.push_back( index );
-			} else if ( *i == minCost ) {
-				alternatives.push_back( index );
-			}
-		}
-		std::copy( alternatives.begin(), alternatives.end(), out );
-	}
-
-	template< class InputIterator, class OutputIterator >
-	void TupleAssignSpotter::Options::lift_intersection( InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, OutputIterator out ) {
-		if ( begin == end ) return;
-		InputIterator test = begin;
-
-		if (++test == end)
-			{ copy(begin->begin(), begin->end(), out); return; }
-
-
-		std::multiset<int> cur; // InputIterator::value_type::value_type
-		copy( begin->begin(), begin->end(), inserter( cur, cur.begin() ) );
-
-		while ( test != end ) {
-			std::multiset<int> temp;
-			set_intersection( cur.begin(), cur.end(), test->begin(), test->end(), inserter(temp,temp.begin()) );
-			cur.clear();
-			copy( temp.begin(), temp.end(), inserter(cur,cur.begin()));
-			++test;
-		}
-
-		copy( cur.begin(), cur.end(), out );
-		return;
-	}
-
-	ResolvExpr::AltList TupleAssignSpotter::Options::get_option( std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList >::size_type index ) {
-		if ( index >= options.size() )
-			throw 0; // XXX
-		std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList >::iterator it = options.begin();
-		for ( std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList >::size_type i = 0; i < index; ++i, ++it );
-		return *it;
 	}
 } // namespace Tuples
Index: src/Tuples/TupleAssignment.h
===================================================================
--- src/Tuples/TupleAssignment.h	(revision add7117c7fabc334eeb5508d12db94492b7fcdbc)
+++ src/Tuples/TupleAssignment.h	(revision 5af62f116761c48d951dab0d109ca3854f147542)
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 // file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
 //
-// TupleAssignment.h -- 
+// TupleAssignment.h --
 //
 // Author           : Rodolfo G. Esteves
@@ -26,104 +26,5 @@
 
 namespace Tuples {
-	class TupleAssignSpotter {
-	  public:
-		// dispatcher for Tuple (multiple and mass) assignment operations
-		TupleAssignSpotter( ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder * );
-		~TupleAssignSpotter() { delete matcher; matcher = 0; }
-
-		bool pointsToTuple( Expression * );
-		static bool isTupleVar( DeclarationWithType * );
-		bool isTuple( Expression *, bool isRight = false );
-		bool isMVR( Expression * );
-		bool isTupleAssignment( UntypedExpr *, std::list<ResolvExpr::AltList> & );
-		bool match();
-	  private:
-		// records for assignment generation
-		class Options {
-		  public:
-			void add_option( ResolvExpr::AltList &opt );
-			std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList > get_best();
-			void print( std::ostream & );
-			int size() const { return options.size(); }
-			ResolvExpr::AltList get_option( std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList >::size_type index );
-
-			// should really use the one in ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder, but it's too coupled with the object
-			template< typename InputIterator, typename OutputIterator >
-			void findMinCost( InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, OutputIterator out );
-
-			template< typename InputIterator, typename OutputIterator >
-			void lift_intersection( InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, OutputIterator out );
-		  private:
-			std::list< ResolvExpr::AltList > options;
-			std::vector< std::vector< ResolvExpr::Cost > > costMatrix;
-		};
-
-		class Matcher {
-		  public:
-			Matcher( /*TupleAssignSpotter &spot, */Expression *_lhs, Expression *_rhs );
-			virtual ~Matcher() {}
-			virtual bool match( std::list< Expression * > &out ) = 0;
-			virtual bool solve( std::list< Expression * > &assigns ) = 0;
-			static UntypedExpr *createAssgn( Expression *left, Expression *right );
-		  protected:
-			Matcher() /*: own_spotter( TupleAssignSpotter(0) ) */{}
-			void init(/* TupleAssignSpotter &, */Expression *_lhs, Expression *_rhs );
-			std::list< Expression * > lhs, rhs;
-			//TupleAssignSpotter &own_spotter;
-		};
-
-		class MassAssignMatcher : public Matcher {
-		  public:
-			MassAssignMatcher( Expression *_lhs, Expression *_rhs ) : Matcher( _lhs, _rhs ) {
-				rhs.push_back( _rhs );
-			}
-			virtual bool match( std::list< Expression * > &out );
-			virtual bool solve( std::list< Expression * > &assigns );
-		  private:
-			//std::vector< ResolvExpr::AltList > optMass;
-		};
-
-		class MultipleAssignMatcher : public Matcher {
-		  public:
-			MultipleAssignMatcher( Expression *_lhs, Expression *_rhs );
-			virtual bool match( std::list< Expression * > &out );
-			virtual bool solve( std::list< Expression * > &assigns );
-		  private:
-			//Options options;
-		};
-
-		friend class Matcher;
-
-		ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder *currentFinder;
-		//std::list<Expression *> rhs, lhs;
-		Expression *rhs, *lhs;
-		Matcher *matcher;
-		bool hasMatched;
-		Options options;
-		std::vector< ResolvExpr::AltList > optMass;
-	};
-
-	ResolvExpr::Cost extract_cost( ResolvExpr::Alternative & );
-
-	template< typename InputIterator, typename OutputIterator >
-	void findMinCostAlt( InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, OutputIterator out ) {
-		using namespace ResolvExpr;
-		AltList alternatives;
-
-		// select the alternatives that have the minimum parameter cost
-		Cost minCost = Cost::infinity;
-		for ( AltList::iterator i = begin; i != end; ++i ) {
-			if ( i->cost < minCost ) {
-				minCost = i->cost;
-				i->cost = i->cvtCost;
-				alternatives.clear();
-				alternatives.push_back( *i );
-			} else if ( i->cost == minCost ) {
-				i->cost = i->cvtCost;
-				alternatives.push_back( *i );
-			}
-		}
-		std::copy( alternatives.begin(), alternatives.end(), out );
-	}
+	void handleTupleAssignment( ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder & currentFinder, UntypedExpr * assign, std::list<ResolvExpr::AltList> & possibilities );
 } // namespace Tuples
 
