Index: src/AST/Print.hpp
===================================================================
--- src/AST/Print.hpp	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/AST/Print.hpp	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <iosfwd>
-#include <utility> // for forward
+#include <iostream>
+#include <utility>   // for forward
 
 #include "AST/Node.hpp"
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@
 void printShort( std::ostream & os, const ast::Decl * node, Indenter indent = {} );
 
-inline void printShort( std::ostream & os, const ast::Decl * node, unsigned int indent ) {
-    printShort( os, node, Indenter{ indent } );
+/// Print a collection of items
+template< typename Coll >
+void printAll( std::ostream & os, const Coll & c, Indenter indent = {} ) {
+    for ( const auto & i : c ) {
+        if ( ! i ) continue;
+        
+        os << indent;
+        print( os, i, indent );
+        os << std::endl;
+    }
 }
 
Index: src/AST/porting.md
===================================================================
--- src/AST/porting.md	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/AST/porting.md	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -299,4 +299,7 @@
 * `openVars` => `open`
 
+`ExplodedActual` => `ExplodedArg`
+* `ExplodedActual.h` => `ExplodedArg.hpp`
+
 [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-9.1.0/gcc/Type-Attributes.html#Type-Attributes
 
Index: src/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- src/Makefile.in	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/Makefile.in	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -195,4 +195,5 @@
 	ResolvExpr/CurrentObject.$(OBJEXT) \
 	ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.$(OBJEXT) \
+	ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.$(OBJEXT) \
 	ResolvExpr/FindOpenVars.$(OBJEXT) ResolvExpr/Occurs.$(OBJEXT) \
 	ResolvExpr/PolyCost.$(OBJEXT) \
@@ -633,4 +634,5 @@
       ResolvExpr/CurrentObject.cc \
       ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.cc \
+      ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.cpp \
       ResolvExpr/FindOpenVars.cc \
       ResolvExpr/Occurs.cc \
@@ -895,4 +897,6 @@
 ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.$(OBJEXT): ResolvExpr/$(am__dirstamp) \
 	ResolvExpr/$(DEPDIR)/$(am__dirstamp)
+ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.$(OBJEXT): ResolvExpr/$(am__dirstamp) \
+	ResolvExpr/$(DEPDIR)/$(am__dirstamp)
 ResolvExpr/FindOpenVars.$(OBJEXT): ResolvExpr/$(am__dirstamp) \
 	ResolvExpr/$(DEPDIR)/$(am__dirstamp)
@@ -1277,4 +1281,5 @@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@ResolvExpr/$(DEPDIR)/CurrentObject.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@ResolvExpr/$(DEPDIR)/ExplodedActual.Po@am__quote@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@ResolvExpr/$(DEPDIR)/ExplodedArg.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@ResolvExpr/$(DEPDIR)/FindOpenVars.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@ResolvExpr/$(DEPDIR)/Occurs.Po@am__quote@
Index: src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -116,5 +116,5 @@
 		/// Finds matching alternatives for a function, given a set of arguments
 		template<typename OutputIterator>
-		void makeFunctionAlternatives( const Alternative &func, FunctionType *funcType, const ExplodedArgs& args, OutputIterator out );
+		void makeFunctionAlternatives( const Alternative &func, FunctionType *funcType, const ExplodedArgs_old& args, OutputIterator out );
 		/// Sets up parameter inference for an output alternative
 		template< typename OutputIterator >
@@ -593,5 +593,5 @@
 
 		/// Gets the list of exploded alternatives for this pack
-		const ExplodedActual& getExpl( const ExplodedArgs& args ) const {
+		const ExplodedActual& getExpl( const ExplodedArgs_old& args ) const {
 			return args[nextArg-1][explAlt];
 		}
@@ -617,5 +617,5 @@
 	/// Instantiates an argument to match a formal, returns false if no results left
 	bool instantiateArgument( Type* formalType, Initializer* initializer,
-			const ExplodedArgs& args, std::vector<ArgPack>& results, std::size_t& genStart,
+			const ExplodedArgs_old& args, std::vector<ArgPack>& results, std::size_t& genStart,
 			const SymTab::Indexer& indexer, unsigned nTuples = 0 ) {
 		if ( TupleType * tupleType = dynamic_cast<TupleType*>( formalType ) ) {
@@ -889,5 +889,5 @@
 	template<typename OutputIterator>
 	void AlternativeFinder::Finder::makeFunctionAlternatives( const Alternative &func,
-			FunctionType *funcType, const ExplodedArgs &args, OutputIterator out ) {
+			FunctionType *funcType, const ExplodedArgs_old &args, OutputIterator out ) {
 		OpenVarSet funcOpenVars;
 		AssertionSet funcNeed, funcHave;
@@ -1021,5 +1021,5 @@
 
 		// pre-explode arguments
-		ExplodedArgs argExpansions;
+		ExplodedArgs_old argExpansions;
 		argExpansions.reserve( argAlternatives.size() );
 
Index: src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.h
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.h	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.h	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
 	/// First index is which argument, second index is which alternative for that argument,
 	/// third index is which exploded element of that alternative
-	using ExplodedArgs = std::vector< std::vector< ExplodedActual > >;
+	using ExplodedArgs_old = std::vector< std::vector< ExplodedActual > >;
 
 	class AlternativeFinder {
Index: src/ResolvExpr/Candidate.hpp
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/Candidate.hpp	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/Candidate.hpp	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -70,4 +70,17 @@
 using CandidateList = std::vector< CandidateRef >;
 
+/// Splice src after dst, clearing src
+static inline void splice( CandidateList & dst, CandidateList & src ) {
+	dst.reserve( dst.size() + src.size() );
+	for ( CandidateRef & r : src ) { dst.emplace_back( std::move( r ) ); }
+	src.clear();
+}
+
+/// Splice src before dst
+static inline void spliceBegin( CandidateList & dst, CandidateList & src ) {
+	splice( src, dst );
+	dst.swap( src );
+}
+
 /// Sum the cost of a list of candidates
 static inline Cost sumCost( const CandidateList & candidates ) {
Index: src/ResolvExpr/CandidateFinder.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/CandidateFinder.cpp	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/CandidateFinder.cpp	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
 #include "CandidateFinder.hpp"
 
+#include <deque>
 #include <iterator>               // for back_inserter
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "Candidate.hpp"
 #include "CompilationState.h"
 #include "Cost.h"
+#include "ExplodedArg.hpp"
 #include "Resolver.h"
 #include "SatisfyAssertions.hpp"
@@ -33,5 +36,7 @@
 #include "AST/Print.hpp"
 #include "AST/SymbolTable.hpp"
+#include "AST/Type.hpp"
 #include "SymTab/Mangler.h"
+#include "Tuples/Tuples.h"        // for handleTupleAssignment
 
 #define PRINT( text ) if ( resolvep ) { text }
@@ -40,4 +45,33 @@
 
 namespace {
+
+	/// First index is which argument, second is which alternative, third is which exploded element
+	using ExplodedArgs_new = std::deque< std::vector< ExplodedArg > >;
+
+	/// Returns a list of alternatives with the minimum cost in the given list
+	CandidateList findMinCost( const CandidateList & candidates ) {
+		CandidateList out;
+		Cost minCost = Cost::infinity;
+		for ( const CandidateRef & r : candidates ) {
+			if ( r->cost < minCost ) {
+				minCost = r->cost;
+				out.clear();
+				out.emplace_back( r );
+			} else if ( r->cost == minCost ) {
+				out.emplace_back( r );
+			}
+		}
+		return out;
+	}
+
+	/// Computes conversion cost for a given candidate
+	Cost computeApplicationConversionCost( 
+		const CandidateRef & cand, const ast::SymbolTable & symtab 
+	) {
+		#warning unimplemented
+		(void)cand; (void)symtab;
+		assert(false);
+		return Cost::infinity;
+	}
 
 	/// Actually visits expressions to find their candidate interpretations
@@ -65,8 +99,169 @@
 		}
 
+		/// Builds a list of candidates for a function, storing them in out
+		void makeFunctionCandidates(
+			const CandidateRef & func, const ast::FunctionType * funcType, 
+			const ExplodedArgs_new & args, CandidateList & out
+		) {
+			#warning unimplemented
+			(void)func; (void)funcType; (void)args; (void)out;
+			assert(false);
+		}
+
+		/// Adds implicit struct-conversions to the alternative list
+		void addAnonConversions( const CandidateRef & cand ) {
+			#warning unimplemented
+			(void)cand;
+			assert(false);
+		}
+
 		void postvisit( const ast::UntypedExpr * untypedExpr ) {
-			#warning unimplemented
-			(void)untypedExpr;
-			assert(false);
+			CandidateFinder funcFinder{ symtab, tenv };
+			funcFinder.find( untypedExpr->func, ResolvMode::withAdjustment() );
+			// short-circuit if no candidates
+			if ( funcFinder.candidates.empty() ) return;
+
+			std::vector< CandidateFinder > argCandidates = 
+				selfFinder.findSubExprs( untypedExpr->args );
+			
+			// take care of possible tuple assignments
+			// if not tuple assignment, handled as normal function call
+			Tuples::handleTupleAssignment( selfFinder, untypedExpr, argCandidates );
+
+			// find function operators
+			ast::ptr< ast::Expr > opExpr = new ast::NameExpr{ untypedExpr->location, "?()" };
+			CandidateFinder opFinder{ symtab, tenv };
+			// okay if there aren't any function operations
+			opFinder.find( opExpr, ResolvMode::withoutFailFast() );
+			PRINT(
+				std::cerr << "known function ops:" << std::endl;
+				print( std::cerr, opFinder.candidates, 1 );
+			)
+
+			// pre-explode arguments
+			ExplodedArgs_new argExpansions;
+			for ( const CandidateFinder & args : argCandidates ) {
+				argExpansions.emplace_back();
+				auto & argE = argExpansions.back();
+				for ( const CandidateRef & arg : args ) { argE.emplace_back( *arg, symtab ); }
+			}
+
+			// Find function matches
+			CandidateList found;
+			SemanticErrorException errors;
+			for ( CandidateRef & func : funcFinder ) {
+				try {
+					PRINT(
+						std::cerr << "working on alternative:" << std::endl;
+						print( std::cerr, *func, 2 );
+					)
+
+					// check if the type is a pointer to function
+					const ast::Type * funcResult = func->expr->result->stripReferences();
+					if ( auto pointer = dynamic_cast< const ast::PointerType * >( funcResult ) ) {
+						if ( auto function = pointer->base.as< ast::FunctionType >() ) {
+							CandidateRef newFunc{ new Candidate{ *func } };
+							newFunc->expr = 
+								referenceToRvalueConversion( newFunc->expr, newFunc->cost );
+							makeFunctionCandidates( newFunc, function, argExpansions, found );
+						}
+					} else if ( 
+						auto inst = dynamic_cast< const ast::TypeInstType * >( funcResult ) 
+					) {
+						if ( const ast::EqvClass * clz = func->env.lookup( inst->name ) ) {
+							if ( auto function = clz->bound.as< ast::FunctionType >() ) {
+								CandidateRef newFunc{ new Candidate{ *func } };
+								newFunc->expr = 
+									referenceToRvalueConversion( newFunc->expr, newFunc->cost );
+								makeFunctionCandidates( newFunc, function, argExpansions, found );
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				} catch ( SemanticErrorException & e ) { errors.append( e ); }
+			}
+
+			// Find matches on function operators `?()`
+			if ( ! opFinder.candidates.empty() ) {
+				// add exploded function alternatives to front of argument list
+				std::vector< ExplodedArg > funcE;
+				funcE.reserve( funcFinder.candidates.size() );
+				for ( const CandidateRef & func : funcFinder ) { 
+					funcE.emplace_back( *func, symtab );
+				}
+				argExpansions.emplace_front( std::move( funcE ) );
+
+				for ( const CandidateRef & op : opFinder ) {
+					try {
+						// check if type is pointer-to-function
+						const ast::Type * opResult = op->expr->result->stripReferences();
+						if ( auto pointer = dynamic_cast< const ast::PointerType * >( opResult ) ) {
+							if ( auto function = pointer->base.as< ast::FunctionType >() ) {
+								CandidateRef newOp{ new Candidate{ *op} };
+								newOp->expr = 
+									referenceToRvalueConversion( newOp->expr, newOp->cost );
+								makeFunctionCandidates( newOp, function, argExpansions, found );
+							}
+						}
+					} catch ( SemanticErrorException & e ) { errors.append( e ); }
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Implement SFINAE; resolution errors are only errors if there aren't any non-error 
+			// candidates
+			if ( found.empty() && ! errors.isEmpty() ) { throw errors; }
+
+			// Compute conversion costs
+			for ( CandidateRef & withFunc : found ) {
+				Cost cvtCost = computeApplicationConversionCost( withFunc, symtab );
+
+				PRINT(
+					auto appExpr = withFunc->expr.strict_as< ast::ApplicationExpr >();
+					auto pointer = appExpr->func->result.strict_as< ast::PointerType >();
+					auto function = pointer->base.strict_as< ast::FunctionType >();
+					
+					std::cerr << "Case +++++++++++++ " << appExpr->func << std::endl;
+					std::cerr << "parameters are:" << std::endl;
+					ast::printAll( std::cerr, function->params, 2 );
+					std::cerr << "arguments are:" << std::endl;
+					ast::printAll( std::cerr, appExpr->args, 2 );
+					std::cerr << "bindings are:" << std::endl;
+					ast::print( std::cerr, withFunc->env, 2 );
+					std::cerr << "cost is: " << withFunc->cost << std::endl;
+					std::cerr << "cost of conversion is:" << cvtCost << std::endl;
+				)
+
+				if ( cvtCost != Cost::infinity ) {
+					withFunc->cvtCost = cvtCost;
+					candidates.emplace_back( std::move( withFunc ) );
+				}
+			}
+			found = std::move( candidates );
+
+			// use a new list so that candidates are not examined by addAnonConversions twice
+			CandidateList winners = findMinCost( found );
+			promoteCvtCost( winners );
+
+			// function may return a struct/union value, in which case we need to add candidates 
+			// for implicit conversions to each of the anonymous members, which must happen after 
+			// `findMinCost`, since anon conversions are never the cheapest
+			for ( const CandidateRef & c : winners ) {
+				addAnonConversions( c );
+			}
+			spliceBegin( candidates, winners );
+
+			if ( candidates.empty() && targetType && ! targetType->isVoid() ) {
+				// If resolution is unsuccessful with a target type, try again without, since it 
+				// will sometimes succeed when it wouldn't with a target type binding.
+				// For example:
+				//   forall( otype T ) T & ?[]( T *, ptrdiff_t );
+				//   const char * x = "hello world";
+				//   unsigned char ch = x[0];
+				// Fails with simple return type binding (xxx -- check this!) as follows:
+				// * T is bound to unsigned char
+				// * (x: const char *) is unified with unsigned char *, which fails
+				// xxx -- fix this better
+				targetType = nullptr;
+				postvisit( untypedExpr );
+			}
 		}
 
@@ -440,20 +635,4 @@
 	}
 
-	/// Returns a list of alternatives with the minimum cost in the given list
-	CandidateList findMinCost( const CandidateList & candidates ) {
-		CandidateList out;
-		Cost minCost = Cost::infinity;
-		for ( const CandidateRef & r : candidates ) {
-			if ( r->cost < minCost ) {
-				minCost = r->cost;
-				out.clear();
-				out.emplace_back( r );
-			} else if ( r->cost == minCost ) {
-				out.emplace_back( r );
-			}
-		}
-		return out;
-	}
-
 } // anonymous namespace
 
Index: src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.cc
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.cc	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.cc	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 // file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
 //
-// Alternative.h --
+// ExplodedActual.cc --
 //
 // Author           : Aaron B. Moss
@@ -24,2 +24,8 @@
 	}
 }
+
+// Local Variables: //
+// tab-width: 4 //
+// mode: c++ //
+// compile-command: "make install" //
+// End: //
Index: src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.h
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.h	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.h	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 // file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
 //
-// Alternative.h --
+// ExplodedActual.h --
 //
 // Author           : Aaron B. Moss
@@ -37,2 +37,8 @@
 	};
 }
+
+// Local Variables: //
+// tab-width: 4 //
+// mode: c++ //
+// compile-command: "make install" //
+// End: //
Index: src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.cpp	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.cpp	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//
+// Cforall Version 1.0.0 Copyright (C) 2015 University of Waterloo
+//
+// The contents of this file are covered under the licence agreement in the
+// file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
+//
+// ExplodedArg.cpp --
+//
+// Author           : Aaron B. Moss
+// Created On       : Tue Jun 11 16:18:00 2019
+// Last Modified By : Aaron B. Moss
+// Last Modified On : Tue Jun 11 16:18:00 2019
+// Update Count     : 1
+//
+
+#include "ExplodedArg.hpp"
+
+#include "Tuples/Explode.h"   // for Tuples::explode
+
+namespace ResolvExpr {
+
+ExplodedArg::ExplodedArg( const Candidate & arg, const ast::SymbolTable & symtab )
+: env( arg.env ), cost( arg.cost ), exprs() { Tuples::explode( arg, symtab, *this ); }
+
+}
+
+// Local Variables: //
+// tab-width: 4 //
+// mode: c++ //
+// compile-command: "make install" //
+// End: //
Index: src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.hpp
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.hpp	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.hpp	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//
+// Cforall Version 1.0.0 Copyright (C) 2015 University of Waterloo
+//
+// The contents of this file are covered under the licence agreement in the
+// file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
+//
+// ExplodedArg.hpp --
+//
+// Author           : Aaron B. Moss
+// Created On       : Tue Jun 11 16:18:00 2019
+// Last Modified By : Aaron B. Moss
+// Last Modified On : Tue Jun 11 16:18:00 2019
+// Update Count     : 1
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "Candidate.hpp"            // for Candidate, CandidateList
+#include "Cost.h"                   // for Cost
+#include "AST/Expr.hpp"
+#include "AST/Node.hpp"             // for ptr
+#include "AST/TypeEnvironment.hpp"  // for TypeEnvironment
+#include "AST/SymbolTable.hpp"      // for SymbolTable
+
+namespace ResolvExpr {
+
+/// Pre-exploded argument
+struct ExplodedArg {
+	ast::TypeEnvironment env;
+	Cost cost;
+	std::vector< ast::ptr<ast::Expr> > exprs;
+
+	ExplodedArg() : env(), cost( Cost::zero ), exprs() {}
+	ExplodedArg( const Candidate & arg, const ast::SymbolTable & symtab );
+	
+	ExplodedArg( ExplodedArg && ) = default;
+	ExplodedArg & operator= ( ExplodedArg && ) = default;
+};
+
+}
+
+// Local Variables: //
+// tab-width: 4 //
+// mode: c++ //
+// compile-command: "make install" //
+// End: //
Index: src/ResolvExpr/module.mk
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/module.mk	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/module.mk	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@
       ResolvExpr/CurrentObject.cc \
       ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.cc \
+      ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.cpp \
       ResolvExpr/FindOpenVars.cc \
       ResolvExpr/Occurs.cc \
Index: src/Tuples/Explode.h
===================================================================
--- src/Tuples/Explode.h	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/Tuples/Explode.h	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -19,9 +19,16 @@
 #include <utility>                      // for forward
 
+#include "AST/Expr.hpp"
 #include "ResolvExpr/Alternative.h"     // for Alternative, AltList
+#include "ResolvExpr/Candidate.hpp"     // for Candidate, CandidateList
 #include "ResolvExpr/ExplodedActual.h"  // for ExplodedActual
+#include "ResolvExpr/ExplodedArg.hpp"   // for ExplodedArg
 #include "SynTree/Expression.h"         // for Expression, UniqueExpr, AddressExpr
 #include "SynTree/Type.h"               // for TupleType, Type
 #include "Tuples.h"                     // for maybeImpure
+
+namespace ast {
+	class SymbolTable;
+}
 
 namespace SymTab {
@@ -130,4 +137,25 @@
 		explode( alts.begin(), alts.end(), indexer, std::forward<Output>(out), isTupleAssign );
 	}
+
+/// helper function used by explode
+template< typename Output >
+void explodeUnique( 
+	const ast::Expr * expr, const ResolvExpr::Candidate & arg, const ast::SymbolTable & symtab, 
+	Output && out, bool isTupleAssign
+) {
+	#warning unimplemented
+	(void)expr; (void)arg; (void)symtab; (void)out; (void)isTupleAssign;
+	assert(false);
+}
+
+/// expands a tuple-valued candidate into multiple candidates, each with a non-tuple type
+template< typename Output >
+void explode( 
+	const ResolvExpr::Candidate & arg, const ast::SymbolTable & symtab, Output && out, 
+	bool isTupleAssign = false
+) {
+	explodeUnique( arg.expr, arg, symtab, std::forward< Output >( out ), isTupleAssign );
+}
+
 } // namespace Tuples
 
Index: src/Tuples/TupleAssignment.cc
===================================================================
--- src/Tuples/TupleAssignment.cc	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/Tuples/TupleAssignment.cc	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -377,4 +377,13 @@
 		}
 	}
+
+	void handleTupleAssignment( 
+		ResolvExpr::CandidateFinder & finder, const ast::UntypedExpr * assign, 
+		std::vector< ResolvExpr::CandidateFinder > & args
+	) {
+		#warning unimplmented
+		(void)finder; (void)assign; (void)args;
+		assert(false);
+	}
 } // namespace Tuples
 
Index: src/Tuples/Tuples.h
===================================================================
--- src/Tuples/Tuples.h	(revision 4b7cce6773c47bc28d79e42cdc051573f66169d6)
+++ src/Tuples/Tuples.h	(revision d7a02ae903476ded9a21da3034888ccf8617a83d)
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@
 
 #include "ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.h"
+#include "ResolvExpr/CandidateFinder.hpp"
 
 namespace Tuples {
@@ -31,4 +32,7 @@
 	void handleTupleAssignment( ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder & currentFinder, UntypedExpr * assign,
 		std::vector< ResolvExpr::AlternativeFinder >& args );
+	void handleTupleAssignment( 
+		ResolvExpr::CandidateFinder & finder, const ast::UntypedExpr * assign, 
+		std::vector< ResolvExpr::CandidateFinder > & args );
 
 	// TupleExpansion.cc
