diff --git a/strobj.c b/strobj.c
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index 0000000..b102574
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+++ b/strobj.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+strobj.c
+
+a string object based on pardef, logging is on by default
+
+Markus Zolliker, March 2005
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "sics.h"
+#include "pardef.h"
+#include "initializer.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+  ParData p;
+  char *str;
+} StrObj;
+
+static ParClass strObjClass = { "string", sizeof(StrObj) };
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static void StrObjParDef(void *object) {
+  StrObj *so = ParCast(&strObjClass, object);
+  ParName("");
+  ParAccess(usUser);
+  ParSave(1);
+  ParList(NULL);
+  ParStr(&so->str, NULL);
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int StrObjInit(SConnection *con, int argc, char *argv[], int dynamic) {
+  StrObj *so = NULL;
+  char *creationCmd = NULL;
+  
+  if (dynamic) {
+    creationCmd = ParArg2Text(argc, argv, NULL, 0);
+  }
+  so = ParMake(con, argv[1], &strObjClass, StrObjParDef, creationCmd);
+  if (so) {
+    so->str = NULL;
+  }
+  return so != NULL;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void StrObjStartup(void) {
+  ParMakeClass(&strObjClass, NULL);
+  MakeDriver("string", StrObjInit, 0); 
+}
diff --git a/sugar.c b/sugar.c
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index 0000000..eca6a2a
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+++ b/sugar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sugar.c
+
+syntactic sugar for accessing object subvariables (aliases)
+
+Markus Zolliker, March 2005
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "sics.h"
+#include "sugar.h"
+#include "pardef.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+  pObjectDescriptor desc;
+  char *name;
+  char *alias;
+} Sugar;
+
+int SugarCommand(SConnection *con, SicsInterp *sics, void *data, int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  Sugar *sugar = data;
+  char value[256], buf[256];
+
+  assert(sugar);
+  ParArg2Text(argc-1, argv+1, value, sizeof value);
+  snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s %s", sugar->alias, value);
+  return SCInvoke(con, sics, buf);
+}
+
+void SugarDelete(void *data)  {
+  Sugar *sugar = data;
+
+  assert(sugar);
+  if (sugar->desc) {
+    DeleteDescriptor(sugar->desc);
+    sugar->desc = NULL;
+  }
+  if (sugar->name) free(sugar->name);
+  if (sugar->alias) free(sugar->alias);
+  free(sugar);
+}
+
+int SugarMake(char *name, char *alias) {
+  Sugar *sugar;
+  
+  sugar = FindCommandData(pServ->pSics, name, "Sugar");
+  if (sugar == NULL) {
+    if (FindCommand(pServ->pSics, name)) {
+      return -2;
+    }
+    sugar = calloc(1, sizeof *sugar);
+    if (!sugar) return -1;
+  
+    sugar->desc = CreateDescriptor("Sugar");
+    if (!sugar->desc) goto release;
+    sugar->name = strdup(name);
+    sugar->alias = strdup(alias);
+  } else {
+    if (strcmp(name, sugar->name) != 0) {
+      free(sugar->name);
+      sugar->name = strdup(name);
+    }
+    if (strcmp(alias, sugar->alias) != 0) {
+      free(sugar->alias);
+      sugar->alias = strdup(alias);
+    }
+  }
+  
+  if (!sugar->name || !sugar->alias) goto release;
+  
+  if (0 == AddCommand(pServ->pSics, name, SugarCommand, SugarDelete, sugar)) goto release;
+  return 1;
+  
+release:
+  SugarDelete(sugar);
+  return -1;
+}
diff --git a/sugar.h b/sugar.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aed7335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sugar.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sugar.h
+
+syntactic sugar for accessing object subvariables
+
+Markus Zolliker, March 2005
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*/
+
+/* make an sugar object named "name", referring to "alias"
+   which is normally an object and a parameter name separated with space
+*/
+int SugarMake(char *name, char *alias);