diff --git a/v3/package-lock.json b/v3/package-lock.json
index 32204f0..9624fbe 100644
--- a/v3/package-lock.json
+++ b/v3/package-lock.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         "ig-actions": "*",
         "ig-features": "*",
         "ig-object": "*",
+        "ig-serialize": "*",
         "ig-types": "*",
         "requirejs": "*",
         "uuid": "*"
@@ -141,6 +142,12 @@
         "ig-stoppable": "^2.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/ig-serialize": {
+      "version": "1.3.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ig-serialize/-/ig-serialize-1.3.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-aIrZ7ljyXVRUsyvcWfF2JSz/4hWtDrJcTpHJ2y4QD48YXF/0eIwwzDbB6dCmoK2EO5fHfxa82WrVBncb+kDqvg==",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause"
+    },
     "node_modules/ig-stoppable": {
       "version": "2.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ig-stoppable/-/ig-stoppable-2.0.4.tgz",
diff --git a/v3/package.json b/v3/package.json
index f5a2862..b9504da 100755
--- a/v3/package.json
+++ b/v3/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "ig-actions": "*",
     "ig-features": "*",
     "ig-object": "*",
-    "ig-types": "*"
+    "ig-types": "*",
+    "ig-serialize": "*"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ig-test": "*"
diff --git a/v3/pwiki/parser.js b/v3/pwiki/parser.js
index ccb9e48..cd78bcc 100644
--- a/v3/pwiki/parser.js
+++ b/v3/pwiki/parser.js
@@ -1355,10 +1355,15 @@ module.parser = {
 		// XXX need a way to make encode option transparent...
 		// XXX store a page cache in state...
 		// XXX UPDATE...
+		include2: Macro(
+			['src', 'recursive', 'join', 
+				['s', 'strict', 'isolated']],
+			function*(parser, args, body, state, key='included', handler){
+			}),
 		include: Macro(
 			['src', 'recursive', 'join', 
 				['s', 'strict', 'isolated']],
-			async function*(args, body, state, key='included', handler){
+			async function*(parser, args, body, state, key='included', handler){
 				var macro = 'include'
 				if(typeof(args) == 'string'){
 					var [macro, args, body, state, key, handler] = arguments 
diff --git a/v3/pwiki/test/parser.js b/v3/pwiki/test/parser.js
index dc88846..b128f5b 100755
--- a/v3/pwiki/test/parser.js
+++ b/v3/pwiki/test/parser.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 var test = require('ig-test')
+var serialize = require('ig-serialize')
 
 var parser = require('../parser').parser
 
@@ -10,10 +11,15 @@ var parser = require('../parser').parser
 
 test.Setups({
 	empty: function(assert){
-		return [ '', '' ] },
+		return { code: [ '', '' ] }},
 
+	// XXX var...
+	
+	// XXX arg...
+
+	// slot...
 	slot_empty: function(assert){
-		return [
+		return {code: [
 			'@slot(slot)',
 			'@slot("slot")',
 			'@slot(\'slot\')',
@@ -26,44 +32,44 @@ test.Setups({
 			'<slot name=slot/>',
 			'<slot name="slot"/>',
 			'<slot name=\'slot\'/>',
-				'' ] },
+				'' ]} },
 	slot_value: function(assert){
-		return [
+		return {code: [
 			'<slot slot value/>',
 			'<slot slot text=value/>',
 			'@slot(slot value)',
 			'@slot(slot text=value)',
-				'value' ] },
+				'value' ]} },
 	slot_fill: function(assert){
-		var ins = this.slot_value(assert).slice(0, -1)
-		return [
+		var ins = this.slot_value(assert).code.slice(0, -1)
+		return {code: [
 			...ins.map(function(e){
 				return e + '@slot(slot other)' }),
 			...ins.map(function(e){
 				return e + '<slot slot other/>' }),
 			...ins.map(function(e){
 				return e + '<slot slot>other</slot>' }),
-			'other' ] },
+			'other' ]} },
 	slot_fill_fill: function(assert){
-		var ins = this.slot_fill(assert).slice(0, -1)
-		return [
+		var ins = this.slot_fill(assert).code.slice(0, -1)
+		return {code: [
 			...ins.map(function(e){
 				return e + '@slot(slot third)' }),
 			...ins.map(function(e){
 				return e + '<slot slot third/>' }),
 			...ins.map(function(e){
 				return e + '<slot slot>third</slot>' }),
-			'third' ] },
+			'third' ]} },
 
 	// XXX these are an alternative to <content/>...
 	slot_nested: function(assert){
-		return [
+		return {code: [
 			'<slot slot>[[ <slot slot.content/> ]]</slot>@slot(slot.content value)',
-			'[[ value ]]' ] },
+			'[[ value ]]' ]} },
 	slot_nested_overwrite: function(assert){
-		return [
+		return {code: [
 			'<slot slot>[[ <slot slot.content/> ]]</slot>@slot(slot value)',
-			'value' ] },
+			'value' ]} },
 
 	/* XXX SHOWN_HIDDEN
 	// XXX these need to be revised...
@@ -72,29 +78,29 @@ test.Setups({
 	slot_shown: function(assert){
 		var ins = this.slot_value(assert)
 		var expect = ins.pop()
-		return [
+		return {code: [
 			...ins.map(function(i){
 				return i +' @slot(slot that shown)' }),
-			'that that' ] },
+			'that that' ]} },
 	slot_hidden: function(assert){
-		return [
+		return {code: [
 			'<slot slot value hidden/>',
 			'@slot(slot value hidden)',
-				'' ] },
+				'' ]} },
 	slot_hidden_value: function(assert){
 		var ins = this.slot_hidden(assert)
 		var expect = ins.pop()
-		return [
+		return {code: [
 			...ins.map(function(i){
 				return i +'@slot(slot other)' }),
-			'' ] },
+			'' ]} },
 	slot_hidden_shown: function(assert){
 		var ins = this.slot_hidden(assert)
 		var expect = ins.pop()
-		return [
+		return {code: [
 			...ins.map(function(i){
 				return i +'@slot(slot shown)' }),
-			'' ] },
+			'' ]} },
 	//*/
 })
 
@@ -105,16 +111,22 @@ test.Modifiers({
 
 test.Tests({
 	parse: function(assert, state){
+		var {page, code, st} = state
+		page ??= {}
+		st ??= {}
+
 		var res
-		var inputs = state.slice(0, -1)
-		var expect = state.at(-1)
+		var inputs = code.slice(0, -1)
+		var expect = code.at(-1)
 		var i = 0
-		for(var input of inputs){
+		for(var input of inputs){	
+			var p = serialize.partialDeepCopy(page)
+			var s = serialize.partialDeepCopy(st)
 			assert(
 				(res = parser.parse(
-						{},
+						p,
 						input,
-						{}))
+						s))
 					=== expect,
 				'Parsing:',
 					'\n\t      in: "'+ input +'"',