diff --git a/vlib/compiler/main.v b/vlib/compiler/main.v
index 6a9ee2ffed..26b75c1f26 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/main.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/main.v
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ import (
 	os.cmdline
 	strings
 	filepath
-	//compiler.x64
-	// v.gen.x64
-	//v.types
-	// v.table
-	// v.parser
-	// v.gen
+	v.gen.x64
+	v.table
+	v.parser
+	v.gen
 	time
 )
 
@@ -382,8 +380,6 @@ pub fn (v mut V) compile() {
 	v.cc()
 }
 
-pub fn (v &V) compile2() {}
-/*
 pub fn (v mut V) compile2() {
 	if os.user_os() != 'windows' && v.pref.ccompiler == 'msvc' {
 		verror('Cannot build with msvc on ${os.user_os()}')
@@ -418,10 +414,7 @@ pub fn (v mut V) compile2() {
 	v.cc()
 
 }
-*/
 
-pub fn (v &V) compile_x64() {}
-/*
 pub fn (v mut V) compile_x64() {
 	$if !linux {
 		println('v -x64 can only generate Linux binaries for now')
@@ -436,16 +429,7 @@ pub fn (v mut V) compile_x64() {
 	println('PARSE: ${time.ticks() - ticks}ms')
 	x64.gen(files, v.out_name)
 	println('x64 GEN: ${time.ticks() - ticks}ms')
-	/*
-	for f in v.files {
-		v.parse(f, .decl)
-	}
-	for f in v.files {
-		v.parse(f, .main)
-	}
-	*/
 }
-*/
 
 fn (v mut V) generate_init() {
 	$if js {
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
index 1c3b9c3bfe..d3186a35b9 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	strings
 	v.ast
 	v.table
-	v.types
+	// v.types
 	term
 )
 
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index 5911e46784..a97821ef27 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ pub fn (p mut Parser) name_expr() (ast.Expr,types.TypeIdent) {
 		p.next()
 		p.check(.dot)
 	}
+	else if p.tok.lit in ['strings'] {
+		p.next()
+		p.check(.dot)
+	}
 	// fn call
 	if p.peek_tok.kind == .lpar {
 		x,ti2 := p.call_expr() // TODO `node,typ :=` should work
@@ -363,7 +367,7 @@ pub fn (p mut Parser) expr(precedence int) (ast.Expr,types.TypeIdent) {
 			node = p.assign_expr(node)
 		}
 		else if p.tok.kind == .dot {
-			node,ti = p.dot_expr(node)
+			node,ti = p.dot_expr(node, ti)
 		}
 		else if p.tok.kind == .lsbr {
 			node,ti = p.index_expr(node)
@@ -416,9 +420,20 @@ fn (p mut Parser) index_expr(left ast.Expr) (ast.Expr,types.TypeIdent) {
 	return node,ti
 }
 
-fn (p mut Parser) dot_expr(left ast.Expr) (ast.Expr,types.TypeIdent) {
+fn (p mut Parser) dot_expr(left ast.Expr, ti types.TypeIdent) (ast.Expr,types.TypeIdent) {
 	p.next()
 	field_name := p.check_name()
+	typ := p.table.types[ti.idx] as types.Struct
+	mut ok := false
+	for field in typ.fields {
+		if field.name == field_name {
+			ok = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		p.error('type `$typ.name` has no field or method `$field_name`')
+	}
 	// Method call
 	if p.tok.kind == .lpar {
 		p.next()
diff --git a/vlib/v/types/types.v b/vlib/v/types/types.v
index 273fa861a8..189b77e63b 100644
--- a/vlib/v/types/types.v
+++ b/vlib/v/types/types.v
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ pub:
 	idx    int
 	name   string
 	fields []Field
+	// methods
 }
 
 pub struct Field {
@@ -365,6 +366,13 @@ pub fn (t Variadic) str() string {
 	return 'variadic_$t.ti.kind.str()'
 }
 
+/*
+pub fn (s &Struct) has_field(name string) bool {
+
+}
+*/
+
+
 pub const (
 	void_type = Void{}
 	voidptr_type = Voidptr{}