diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 69cfc6b..33e9a43 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,52 +1,31 @@
 ajeitar os README.*
-ajeitar select. upvalue nao tem nada a ver...
-make sure filter.chain fails gracefully.
-ajeitar o manual sobre select, mais liberal agora
-falar sobre o novo esquema de namespace
-tirar socket.url socket.ftp etc do manual. agora os namespaces estao
-liberados.
 ajeitar as referencias a RFCS e LTNS em todos os arquivos.
-proxy no ftp
-ajeitar < e-mail > no smtp?
-ajeitar referencias a LTN12 nos manuais
 
 make sure sockets are closed when exceptions are raised
 
-falar sobre encodet/wrapt/decodet no manual sobre mime
-
-RECEIVE MUDOU!!! (partial stuff) COLOCAR NO MANUAL.
-HTTP.lua mudou bastante também.
-pump.step usado em todo mundo que recebe source ou sink
-
-sources ans sinks are always simple in http and ftp and smtp
-expose encode/decode tables to provide extensibility for mime module
-use coroutines instead of fancy filters
-
 check garbage collection in test*.lua
 
-add socket.TIMEOUT to be default timeout? 
 
 manual
-    compatibility: select sets are associative
-    add socket.connect and socket.bind to the manual
-    say what a nil callback does for http
+    * compatibility: select sets are associative
+    * add socket.connect and socket.bind to the manual
+    * add shutdown
+    * add gethostname
     check all occurences of it's
-    - add shutdown
-    - add gethostname
-    the need of a content-length header in the post method...
-    notice the change in callback conventions
-    the callback.lua module and the new mime module.
-    escape and unescape in url, not in code!
-    add timeout and proxy to request table
-    change stay to redirect 
-    socket.time and socket.sleep
-    - connect with timeout
+    * the need of a content-length header in the post method...
+    * notice the change in callback conventions
+    * the callback.lua module and the new mime module.
+    * escape and unescape in url, not in code!
+    * add timeout and proxy to request table
+    * change stay to redirect 
+    * socket.time and socket.sleep
+    * - connect with timeout
     local connect 
-    add thanks to 'carlos cassino' and 'david burgess'
-    add new ip- options and reuseaddr option
-    - add listen to manual
-    bind method doesn't do listen anymore
-    bind doesn't turn an object into a server object: listen does.
+    * add thanks to 'carlos cassino' and 'david burgess'
+    * add new ip- options and reuseaddr option
+    * - add listen to manual
+    * bind method doesn't do listen anymore
+    * bind doesn't turn an object into a server object: listen does.
 
 tests
     checar todos os metodos
@@ -59,9 +38,6 @@ wrp can't break lines in the middle of a line break.
 add comments into each C module.
 testar os options!
 
-use gethostname it in SMTP
-
-make sure modules know if their dependencies are there.
 
 Read about
 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
@@ -108,6 +84,12 @@ Ajeitar o protocolo da luaopen_socket()... sei l
 these are done
 --------------
 
+* tirar socket.url socket.ftp etc do manual. agora os namespaces 
+    estao liberados.
+* falar sobre o novo esquema de namespace
+* ajeitar o manual sobre select, mais liberal agora
+* make sure filter.chain fails gracefully.
+* ajeitar select. upvalue nao tem nada a ver...
 * should be interrupt-safe
 * notice the change in callback conventions
 * new mime module replacing old code module (faster, more functionality)
@@ -161,3 +143,15 @@ these are done
 * change all modules to use the new namespace scheme
 * write some utilities that use the code.lua module and put them 
 * in etc, modify the README.etc file and makefile.dist (eol.lua is done)
+* proxy no ftp? no
+* ajeitar < e-mail > no smtp? no
+* ajeitar referencias a LTN12 nos manuais
+* RECEIVE MUDOU!!! (partial stuff) COLOCAR NO MANUAL.
+* HTTP.lua mudou bastante também.
+* falar sobre encodet/wrapt/decodet no manual sobre mime? no.
+* pump.step usado em todo mundo que recebe source ou sink
+* sources ans sinks are always simple in http and ftp and smtp
+* expose encode/decode tables to provide extensibility for mime module
+* use coroutines instead of fancy filters
+* add socket.TIMEOUT to be default timeout?  no.
+* use gethostname it in SMTP
diff --git a/etc/tftp.lua b/etc/tftp.lua
index 4113034..5238de0 100644
--- a/etc/tftp.lua
+++ b/etc/tftp.lua
@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
 -- TFTP support for the Lua language
 -- LuaSocket toolkit.
 -- Author: Diego Nehab
--- Conforming to: RFC 783, LTN7
 -- RCS ID: $Id$
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-local Public, Private = {}, {}
-local socket = _G[LUASOCKET_LIBNAME] -- get LuaSocket namespace
-socket.tftp = Public  -- create tftp sub namespace
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Load required files
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+local socket = require("socket")
+local ltn12 = require("ltn12")
+local url = require("url")
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Setup namespace
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+_LOADED["tftp"] = getfenv(1)
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Program constants
@@ -16,33 +23,33 @@ socket.tftp = Public  -- create tftp sub namespace
 local char = string.char
 local byte = string.byte
 
-Public.PORT = 69
-Private.OP_RRQ = 1
-Private.OP_WRQ = 2
-Private.OP_DATA = 3
-Private.OP_ACK = 4
-Private.OP_ERROR = 5
-Private.OP_INV = {"RRQ", "WRQ", "DATA", "ACK", "ERROR"}
+PORT = 69
+local OP_RRQ = 1
+local OP_WRQ = 2
+local OP_DATA = 3
+local OP_ACK = 4
+local OP_ERROR = 5
+local OP_INV = {"RRQ", "WRQ", "DATA", "ACK", "ERROR"}
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Packet creation functions
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function Private.RRQ(source, mode)
-	return char(0, Private.OP_RRQ) .. source .. char(0) .. mode .. char(0)
+local function RRQ(source, mode)
+	return char(0, OP_RRQ) .. source .. char(0) .. mode .. char(0)
 end
 
-function Private.WRQ(source, mode)
-	return char(0, Private.OP_RRQ) .. source .. char(0) .. mode .. char(0)
+local function WRQ(source, mode)
+	return char(0, OP_RRQ) .. source .. char(0) .. mode .. char(0)
 end
 
-function Private.ACK(block)
+local function ACK(block)
 	local low, high
 	low = math.mod(block, 256)
 	high = (block - low)/256
-	return char(0, Private.OP_ACK, high, low) 
+	return char(0, OP_ACK, high, low) 
 end
 
-function Private.get_OP(dgram)
+local function get_OP(dgram)
     local op = byte(dgram, 1)*256 + byte(dgram, 2)
     return op
 end
@@ -50,13 +57,13 @@ end
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Packet analysis functions
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function Private.split_DATA(dgram)
+local function split_DATA(dgram)
 	local block = byte(dgram, 3)*256 + byte(dgram, 4)
 	local data = string.sub(dgram, 5)
 	return block, data
 end
 
-function Private.get_ERROR(dgram)
+local function get_ERROR(dgram)
 	local code = byte(dgram, 3)*256 + byte(dgram, 4)
 	local msg
 	_,_, msg = string.find(dgram, "(.*)\000", 5)
@@ -64,68 +71,81 @@ function Private.get_ERROR(dgram)
 end
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Downloads and returns a file pointed to by url
+-- High level TFTP API
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function Public.get(url)
-    local parsed = socket.url.parse(url, {
-        host = "",
-        port = Public.PORT,
-        path ="/",
-        scheme = "tftp"
-    })
-    if parsed.scheme ~= "tftp" then
-        return nil, string.format("unknown scheme '%s'", parsed.scheme)
-    end
+local function tget(gett)
     local retries, dgram, sent, datahost, dataport, code
-    local cat = socket.concat.create()
     local last = 0
-	local udp, err = socket.udp()
-	if not udp then return nil, err end
+	local con = socket.try(socket.udp())
     -- convert from name to ip if needed
-	parsed.host = socket.dns.toip(parsed.host)
-	udp:settimeout(1)
+	gett.host = socket.try(socket.dns.toip(gett.host))
+	con:settimeout(1)
     -- first packet gives data host/port to be used for data transfers
     retries = 0
 	repeat 
-		sent, err = udp:sendto(Private.RRQ(parsed.path, "octet"), 
-            parsed.host, parsed.port)
-		if err then return nil, err end
-		dgram, datahost, dataport = udp:receivefrom()
+		sent = socket.try(con:sendto(RRQ(gett.path, "octet"), 
+            gett.host, gett.port))
+		dgram, datahost, dataport = con:receivefrom()
         retries = retries + 1
 	until dgram or datahost ~= "timeout" or retries > 5
-	if not dgram then return nil, datahost end
+	socket.try(dgram, datahost) 
     -- associate socket with data host/port
-	udp:setpeername(datahost, dataport)
+	socket.try(con:setpeername(datahost, dataport))
+    -- default sink
+    local sink = gett.sink or ltn12.sink.null()
     -- process all data packets
 	while 1 do
         -- decode packet
-		code = Private.get_OP(dgram)
-		if code == Private.OP_ERROR then 
-            return nil, Private.get_ERROR(dgram) 
-        end
-		if code ~= Private.OP_DATA then 
-            return nil, "unhandled opcode " .. code 
-        end
+		code = get_OP(dgram)
+		socket.try(code ~= OP_ERROR, get_ERROR(dgram))
+        socket.try(code == OP_DATA, "unhandled opcode " .. code)
         -- get data packet parts
-		local block, data = Private.split_DATA(dgram)
+		local block, data = split_DATA(dgram)
         -- if not repeated, write
         if block == last+1 then
-		    cat:addstring(data)
+		    socket.try(sink(data))
             last = block
         end
         -- last packet brings less than 512 bytes of data
 		if string.len(data) < 512 then 
-            sent, err = udp:send(Private.ACK(block)) 
-            return cat:getresult()
+            socket.try(con:send(ACK(block)))
+            socket.try(con:close())
+            socket.try(sink(nil))
+            return 1
         end
         -- get the next packet
         retries = 0
 		repeat 
-			sent, err = udp:send(Private.ACK(last))
-			if err then return err end
-			dgram, err = udp:receive()
+			sent = socket.try(con:send(ACK(last)))
+			dgram, err = con:receive()
             retries = retries + 1
 		until dgram or err ~= "timeout" or retries > 5
-		if not dgram then return err end
+		socket.try(dgram, err)
 	end
 end
+
+local default = {
+    port = PORT,
+    path ="/",
+    scheme = "tftp"
+}
+
+local function parse(u)
+    local t = socket.try(url.parse(u, default))
+    socket.try(t.scheme == "tftp", "invalid scheme '" .. t.scheme .. "'")
+    socket.try(t.host, "invalid host")
+    return t
+end
+
+local function sget(u)
+    local gett = parse(u) 
+    local t = {}
+    gett.sink = ltn12.sink.table(t)
+    tget(gett)
+    return table.concat(t)
+end
+
+get = socket.protect(function(gett)
+    if type(gett) == "string" then return sget(gett)
+    else return tget(gett) end
+end)
diff --git a/samples/cddb.lua b/samples/cddb.lua
index 0ceba09..aefa04e 100644
--- a/samples/cddb.lua
+++ b/samples/cddb.lua
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ end
 local host = socket.dns.gethostname()
 local query = "%s?cmd=cddb+read+%s+%s&hello=LuaSocket+%s+LuaSocket+2.0&proto=6"
 local url = string.format(query, server, arg[1], arg[2], host)
-local body, headers, code, error = http.get(url)
+local body, headers, code = http.get(url)
 
 if code == 200 then 
     local data, code, error = parse(body)
diff --git a/src/except.c b/src/except.c
index c9eb20e..0482e1c 100644
--- a/src/except.c
+++ b/src/except.c
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
+/*=========================================================================*\
+* Simple exception support
+* LuaSocket toolkit
+*
+* RCS ID: $Id$
+\*=========================================================================*/
 #include <lauxlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include "except.h"
 
+/*=========================================================================*\
+* Internal function prototypes.
+\*=========================================================================*/
 static int global_try(lua_State *L);
 static int global_protect(lua_State *L);
 static int protected(lua_State *L);
 
+/* except functions */
 static luaL_reg func[] = {
     {"try",      global_try},
     {"protect",  global_protect},
diff --git a/src/ftp.lua b/src/ftp.lua
index c130d1a..87a1e4e 100644
--- a/src/ftp.lua
+++ b/src/ftp.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 -- FTP support for the Lua language
 -- LuaSocket toolkit.
 -- Author: Diego Nehab
--- Conforming to: RFC 959, LTN7
 -- RCS ID: $Id$
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -244,5 +243,3 @@ get = socket.protect(function(gett)
     if type(gett) == "string" then return sget(gett)
     else return tget(gett) end
 end)
-
-return ftp
diff --git a/src/http.lua b/src/http.lua
index 129b562..8f3fdb9 100644
--- a/src/http.lua
+++ b/src/http.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 -- HTTP/1.1 client support for the Lua language.
 -- LuaSocket toolkit.
 -- Author: Diego Nehab
--- Conforming to RFC 2616
 -- RCS ID: $Id$
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ _LOADED["http"] = getfenv(1)
 -- Program constants
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- connection timeout in seconds
-TIMEOUT = 4 
+TIMEOUT = 60 
 -- default port for document retrieval
 PORT = 80
 -- user agent field sent in request
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ end
 
 local function adjustrequest(reqt)
     -- parse url with default fields
-    local parsed = url.parse(reqt.url, {
+    local parsed = url.parse(reqt.url or "", {
         host = "",
         port = PORT,
         path ="/",
@@ -258,5 +257,3 @@ post = socket.protect(function(u, body)
     return (table.getn(t) > 0 or nil) and table.concat(t),
         respt.headers, respt.code
 end)
-
-return http
diff --git a/src/ltn12.lua b/src/ltn12.lua
index 6228247..bb527bd 100644
--- a/src/ltn12.lua
+++ b/src/ltn12.lua
@@ -254,5 +254,3 @@ function pump.all(src, snk, step)
         if not ret then return not err, err end
     end
 end
-
-return ltn12
diff --git a/src/mime.c b/src/mime.c
index 5750714..825b666 100644
--- a/src/mime.c
+++ b/src/mime.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*=========================================================================*\
-* Encoding support functions
+* MIME support functions
 * LuaSocket toolkit
 *
 * RCS ID: $Id$
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ static int mime_global_eol(lua_State *L)
     const char *marker = luaL_optstring(L, 3, CRLF);
     luaL_Buffer buffer;
     luaL_buffinit(L, &buffer);
-    /* if the last character was a candidate, we output a new line */ 
+    /* end of input blackhole */
     if (!input) {
        lua_pushnil(L);
        lua_pushnumber(L, 0);
diff --git a/src/mime.h b/src/mime.h
index b82d61a..be16920 100644
--- a/src/mime.h
+++ b/src/mime.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef MIME_H 
 #define MIME_H 
 /*=========================================================================*\
-* Mime support functions
+* MIME support functions
 * LuaSocket toolkit
 *
 * This module provides functions to implement transfer content encodings
diff --git a/src/mime.lua b/src/mime.lua
index 000404f..4fade3b 100644
--- a/src/mime.lua
+++ b/src/mime.lua
@@ -73,5 +73,3 @@ wrap = choose(wrapt)
 function normalize(marker)
     return ltn12.filter.cycle(eol, 0, marker)
 end
-
-return mime
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index 972844f..c9e69f0 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/*=========================================================================*\
+* Common option interface 
+* LuaSocket toolkit
+*
+* RCS ID: $Id$
+\*=========================================================================*/
 #include <lauxlib.h> 
 #include <string.h> 
 
@@ -5,6 +11,10 @@
 #include "options.h"
 #include "inet.h"
 
+
+/*=========================================================================*\
+* Internal functions prototypes
+\*=========================================================================*/
 static int opt_setmembership(lua_State *L, p_sock ps, int level, int name);
 static int opt_setboolean(lua_State *L, p_sock ps, int level, int name);
 static int opt_set(lua_State *L, p_sock ps, int level, int name, 
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index ec75fc0..d57bfaa 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef OPTIONS_H
 #define OPTIONS_H
+/*=========================================================================*\
+* Common option interface 
+* LuaSocket toolkit
+*
+* This module provides a common interface to socket options, used mainly by
+* modules UDP and TCP. 
+*
+* RCS ID: $Id$
+\*=========================================================================*/
 
 #include <lua.h>
 #include "socket.h"
diff --git a/src/select.h b/src/select.h
index b58f082..f2d2cc2 100644
--- a/src/select.h
+++ b/src/select.h
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@
 * Select implementation
 * LuaSocket toolkit
 *
-* To make the code as simple as possible, the select function is
-* implemented int Lua, with a few helper functions written in C.
-*
-* Each object that can be passed to the select function has to export two
-* methods: fd() and dirty(). Fd returns the descriptor to be passed to the
-* select function. Dirty() should return true if there is data ready for
-* reading (required for buffered input).
+* Each object that can be passed to the select function has to export 
+* method getfd() which returns the descriptor to be passed to the
+* underlying select function. Another method, dirty(), should return 
+* true if there is data ready for reading (required for buffered input).
 *
 * RCS ID: $Id$
 \*=========================================================================*/
diff --git a/src/smtp.lua b/src/smtp.lua
index dc80c35..fb76ea4 100644
--- a/src/smtp.lua
+++ b/src/smtp.lua
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 -- SMTP client support for the Lua language.
 -- LuaSocket toolkit.
 -- Author: Diego Nehab
--- Conforming to RFC 2821
 -- RCS ID: $Id$
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Load required modules
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-local smtp = requirelib("smtp")
+local smtp = requirelib("smtp", "luaopen_smtp", getfenv(1))
 local socket = require("socket")
 local ltn12 = require("ltn12")
 local tp = require("tp")
@@ -206,6 +205,7 @@ end
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- High level SMTP API
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+socket.protect = function(a) return a end
 send = socket.protect(function(mailt)
     local con = open(mailt.server, mailt.port)
     con:greet(mailt.domain)
@@ -213,5 +213,3 @@ send = socket.protect(function(mailt)
     con:quit()
     return con:close()
 end)
-
-return smtp
diff --git a/src/socket.lua b/src/socket.lua
index 9aa6437..f73d167 100644
--- a/src/socket.lua
+++ b/src/socket.lua
@@ -166,5 +166,3 @@ end
 socket.sourcet["default"] = socket.sourcet["until-closed"]
 
 socket.source = socket.choose(socket.sourcet)
-
-return socket
diff --git a/src/tp.lua b/src/tp.lua
index 56dd8bc..731191e 100644
--- a/src/tp.lua
+++ b/src/tp.lua
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ local metat = { __index = {} }
 
 function metat.__index:check(ok)
     local code, reply = get_reply(self.control)
-print(reply)
     if not code then return nil, reply end
     if type(ok) ~= "function" then
         if type(ok) == "table" then 
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ print(reply)
 end
 
 function metat.__index:command(cmd, arg)
-print(cmd, arg)
     if arg then return self.control:send(cmd .. " " .. arg.. "\r\n")
     else return self.control:send(cmd .. "\r\n") end
 end
@@ -113,5 +111,3 @@ connect = socket.protect(function(host, port, timeout)
     socket.try(control:connect(host, port))
     return setmetatable({control = control}, metat)
 end)
-
-return tp
diff --git a/src/url.lua b/src/url.lua
index aac2a47..960a248 100644
--- a/src/url.lua
+++ b/src/url.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 -- URI parsing, composition and relative URL resolution
 -- LuaSocket toolkit.
 -- Author: Diego Nehab
--- Conforming to: RFC 2396, LTN7
 -- RCS ID: $Id$
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -269,5 +268,3 @@ function build_path(parsed, unsafe)
 	if parsed.is_absolute then path = "/" .. path end
 	return path
 end
-
-return url
diff --git a/test/stufftest.lua b/test/stufftest.lua
index 5eb8005..6bd1f91 100644
--- a/test/stufftest.lua
+++ b/test/stufftest.lua
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+smtp = require("smtp")
+
 function test_dot(original, right)
-    local result, n = socket.smtp.dot(2, original)
+    local result, n = smtp.dot(2, original)
     assert(result == right, "->" .. result .. "<-")
     print("ok")
 end
 
 function test_stuff(original, right)
-    local result, n = socket.smtp.dot(2, original)
+    local result, n = smtp.dot(2, original)
     assert(result == right, "->" .. result .. "<-")
     print("ok")
 end
diff --git a/test/testmesg.lua b/test/testmesg.lua
index 449f4c2..3e4c28f 100644
--- a/test/testmesg.lua
+++ b/test/testmesg.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ source = smtp.message{
   },
   body = {
     preamble = "If your client doesn't understand attachments, \r\n" ..
-               "it will still display the preamble and the epilogue.\r\n",
+               "it will still display the preamble and the epilogue.\r\n" ..
                "Preamble might show up even in a MIME enabled client.",
     -- first part: No headers means plain text, us-ascii.
     -- The mime.eol low-level filter normalizes end-of-line markers.
@@ -55,3 +55,5 @@ r, e = smtp.send{
     source = source,
     server = "mail.cs.princeton.edu"
 }
+
+print(r, e)
diff --git a/test/tftptest.lua b/test/tftptest.lua
index a478ed8..f0dbd82 100644
--- a/test/tftptest.lua
+++ b/test/tftptest.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- load tftpclnt.lua
-dofile("tftp.lua")
+local tftp = require("tftp")
 
 -- needs tftp server running on localhost, with root pointing to
 -- a directory with index.html in it
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function readfile(file)
 end
 
 host = host or "localhost"
-retrieved, err = socket.tftp.get("tftp://" .. host .."/index.html")
+retrieved, err = tftp.get("tftp://" .. host .."/index.html")
 assert(not err, err)
 original = readfile("test/index.html")
 assert(original == retrieved, "files differ!")